NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Water protesters tried to block the car of former Minister for Justice Alan Shatter as he entered Leinster House today. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• There was concern about a cyberbullying bill being introduced by Senator Lorraine Higgins. 
• A swarm of bees was spotted on Dublin’s North Fredrick Street this afternoon. 
• A teenager suffering from a cardiac arrest was turned away from a hospital in Navan due to its rules on age limits. 
• Extra security was required to deal with water protesters outside Leinster House earlier today. 
• The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry today heard from former Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy. 
• A man has been jailed for threatening to shoot a garda with a replica gun. 
• Two landlords have been fined and received criminal convictions for not registering their tenancies. 
• Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald has denied that former councillor Jonathan Dowdall was bullied out of the party. 

INTERNATIONAL

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis leaving his office in Athens today. Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP/Press Association Images Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#CUBA: The country has become the first nation to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

#AUSTRALIA: Authorities in the country are concerned that more than 10,000 dental patients may have been infected with either HIV or hepatitis accidentally. 

#GREECE: Following the country failing to payback the IMF yesterday, the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is continuing to urge the country to vote No in Sunday’s referendum. 

INNOVATION

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PARTING SHOT

With the world looking for new ways to provide energy for itself, a United Airlines plane is set to fly from Los Angeles International Airport to San Francisco on nothing but household waste. [Geek.com]