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

Irish Cabinet Reshuffle 2014. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• The Cabinet was reshuffled with Enda Kenny announcing his changes in the Dáil today.
• There was condemnation after a hanged figure depicting a Catholic was placed on a loyalist bonfire ahead of the 12th of July.
• Despite reports that Garth Brooks’ management were to contact the Taoiseach today, it’s understood that his office received no such communication.
• The ESB said no decision has been made yet about the future of the Poolbeg chimneys.
• The number of homeless people in Dublin reached a new peak.
• A Cork woman was charged with dealing cocaine at a bingo hall.
• An explosive device was found close to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.
• A High Court ruling may result in the dismissal of many speeding cases.
• Alan Shatter said he wants a human rights commission to examine how the Guerin report was compiled.
• Gardaí are searching for a 17-year-old who has been missing for ten days.

WORLD

An Israeli soldier sleeps on a truck carrying mobile artillery unit shells at a position on the Israel-Gaza border. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#GAZA: The death toll to the recent conflict has hit 100 as truce efforts waver.

#UK: George Clooney rejected an apology from the Mail Online over a factually inaccurate story about his fiancée’s mother

#SINGAPORE: The national library in Singapore is to destroy LGBT-themed children’s books.

#SPAIN: The mayor of the region covering Magaluf passed a new law giving authorities tighter control over controversial tourist pub crawls.

INNOVATION

• Scientist are claiming smelly Hydrogen Sulphide gas (also known as farts) could help to prevent cancer, among other diseases.
• Researchers at the University of Manchester has brought a 410 million-year-old creature back to life through a computer simulation.

PARTING SHOT

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