IRELAND

President Higgins and Sabina at the WW1 Commemorations in Liege and Mons, Belgium with the Duke of Cambridge Fennell Photography Fennell Photography

• A 5-year-old boy has died in a farm accident in Offaly. 
• President Higgins is in Belgium for World War 1 commemorations today.
• Smyths toy store has told staff at the Jervis shop to take down a sign saying that Israeli goods have been removed. 
• Carmel Tynan has been missing since yesterday morning. She was last seen in Portarlington. 
• A Cork garda station was evacuated today after a man brought a pipe bomb into the station in a pram, he found the device close to his home. 
• Protests continue at Fermanagh drilling site as the home of one of the drillers was petrol bombed. 

INTERNATIONAL 

A Bahraini child holds a poster with Arabic that reads, children of Gaza, Gaza: A Zionist aggression and an Arab conspiracy, during a rally in support of Gaza. Associated Press Associated Press

#GAZA: An 8-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by an Israeli air strike minutes into an Israeli-declared ceasefire.

#CHINA: Almost 400 people were killed by an earthquake in China yesterday, the response is being hampered by aftershocks and landslides.

#MAGALUF: The party destination is trying to clean up its act. The bar where the infamous video was taken has been closed for a year.

INNOVATION

• Have you ever wondered why you feel like you’re falling in your sleep? Here’s the theories.
• You can now send your dead pet into space if you fancy … turns out a company has been doing this with humans for years and the service just expanded. [Geek.com]  

PARTING SHOT 

The 100 year anniversary of World War 1 is being commemorated tonight.

Here’s how many British soldiers died during the war – with a poppy for each one of them.