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

IRELAND

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• Medical card reforms are set to be introduced in the future.
• The IMO voted against a review into its former boss’s €10 million pension pot. 
• Unions at Irish Rail have voted to accept a pay deal ahead of a threatened 48-hour strike.
• Woman who are married or co-habiting have lost more of their income in the recession than men or single people.
• Enda Kenny says he didn’t give a directive to the FG party to vote for John McNulty in the Seanad election. 
• Another Orange Hall has been destroyed by a fire in Donegal. 
• President Higgins said that changes to how Ireland handles asylum seekers is “long overdue”.
• Garda whistleblower John Wilson said he will support MEP Nessa Childers legal battle with Phil Hogan. 
• Our homeless series continued, you can read all the stories here. 
• Gerry Adams wasn’t allowed to tweet from a direct provision centre today – here’s why.
• An ‘elaborate’ cannabis growhouse was uncovered in a Longford bathroom.

INTERNATIONAL

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#HONG KONG: Protesters are now coming under ‘organised attack‘ from locals.

#APPROVED: Australia is joining the fight against Islamic State in Iraq.

#THAILAND: Two men have been charged with murdering British tourists after a ‘bizarre and inept’ investigation.

#TELEVISION: NBC has confirmed that one of its cameramen has caught Ebola.

#TREATMENT: A second child ‘cured’ of HIV has relapsed.

#ACCOMODATION: A Dubai company thinks it can make a dent in Dublin’s student-housing crisis.

INNOVATION

• Hackers have figured out a major security flaw in USB sticks.
• Facebook’s takeover of Whatsapp has been approved – what does that mean for you?

PARTING SHOT

Here’s a video about what happened to teenage girls who were given free contraception.