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

IRELAND

A swan swims in a pond full of leaves in St Stephens Green this afternoon. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Eating sausages, ham and other processed meats causes colorectal cancer.
• Aldi Ireland is to increase its minimum rate of pay to the living wage of €11.50.
• An investigation is underway after a volunteer referee was attacked during a schoolboy soccer match this weekend.
• Flood gates and defences are in place in Dublin this evening as high tide is expected to peak at 10.30.
• George Hook is considering running for the Dáil as the ‘Michael Collins Fine Gael’ candidate.
• Waiting times for patients to see their GP has more than tripled over the past five years, with Leinster having the longest average waiting time.
• More than 140 Gardaí and PSNI officers ran the Dublin City Marathon today in memory of Garda Tony Golden.
• A 15-year-old has been arrested in Antrim over data theft from UK phone company TalkTalk.
• Tributes have been paid to an elderly woman killed in a house fire in Kerry.
• These are the sectors that employed 126,000 people in the past 3 years since Action Plan for Jobs was established. 

INTERNATIONAL

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#CANADA: Five UK nationals have died after a whale-watching boat with 27 on board sank.

#SOUTH ASIA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed more than 160 people, including 12 Afghan girls who were crushed to death in a stampede.

#TURKEY: Seven suspected Islamic State jihadists and two Turkish policemen have been killed in a gun battle.

INNOVATION

• Apple’s revamped TV set-top box can now be ordered, but it comes with a price increase.
• These 11 companies control almost everything you buy.

PARTING SHOT 

This Wexford student found her complete doppleganger on a college exchange.

An image of the pair went viral this week. (DailyEdge.ie)