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

IRELAND

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• Thousands turned out in Limerick today to protest against water charges. 
• Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said Mairia Cahill’s case has been unfairly politicised. 
• Gardaí have issued an appeal to find a man in relation to a sexual assault in west Dublin.
• Galway County Council has called on the Government to suspend water charges. 
• John Gilligan’s former estate is now back in business as an elite show jumping centre.  
• Temple Bar’s cobbled streets are under threat as women wearing stilettos can’t walk on them.

INTERNATIONAL

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#EBOLA: A Dallas nurse who is cured of the disease got a hug from US President Barack Obama.

#EGYPT: The country has declared a state of emergency in Sinai after a bomb killed 30 soldiers.

#GUNMAN: The student who opened fire at his high school in Seattle yesterday was a homecoming prince.

#AUSTRALIA: Transplants using ‘dead hearts’ have been successful.

INNOVATION

• Google knows almost everything about how you shop…yes really!  [TheJournal.ie]
• The world record for the highest skydive ever has just been broken by a Google exec…as if knowing about our shopping habits wasn’t enough! [Wired.com]

PARTING SHOT

Photographer Alejandro Almaraz has merged portraits of government leaders together.

Here’s what British Prime Ministers from 1952-2008 look like when superimposed:

Alejandro Almaraz Alejandro Almaraz

The US, France and even North Korea leaders are also superimposed in separate pieces.

It’s part of a series called  Portraits of Power.