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

IRISH 

Photographs of unusual objects that were seen flying over Croke Park Sarah Slater Sarah Slater

• The Bill that will enact same-sex marriage has been signed into law. 
• Luas services have been disrupted after a ‘substantial’ bonfire was lit in the west of Dublin city this evening. 
• Gardaí have released photos of €3 million worth of drugs and guns seized in Tallaght. 
• Gerry Adams has said that he would support Mary Lou McDonald if she ran for the leadership of the Sinn Féin after he steps down. 
• The Garda Representative Association has voted to reject a new public pay deal. 
• Young Fine Gael is continuing to refuse to say why its president Padraig O’Sullivan was forced out last week. 
• Figures have shown that 60% of the Irish population have never been tested for a sexually transmitted disease. 
• Seven teenagers were in court earlier today to face criminal charges over the Jobstown protest. 

INTERNATIONAL 

A endangered electric blue gecko in Bristol Zoo where it is being kept after being rescued from smugglers Ben Birchall / PA Wire Ben Birchall / PA Wire / PA Wire

#EUROPE: MEPs have voted to welcome ‘human rights defender’ Edward Snowden into the EU. 

#CANADA: A footballer signed to Chelsea is wanted for a sexual assault in Toronto. 

#CHINA: The country has announced that it will be bringing its one child policy to an end. 

INNOVATION 

• Motorola has claimed that it has developed a phone that has a screen that won’t shatter if you accidentally drop it. 
• One startup who will be displaying at the upcoming Web Summit has taken an, err, interesting approach to getting the attention of investors. 

PARTING SHOT 

From next year North Face will be selling a new ‘Moon Parka’, a garment made from synthetic spiders silk, which can be stronger that steel but significantly more flexible and less dense. [Geek.com]