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

Flowers at the scene where a 13-year-old boy got into difficulty coming to the aid of another swimmer in Blanchardstown. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

 IRELAND

• Gerry Conlon, one of the Guilford Four, passed away today after a prolonged illness.
• A 13-year-old boy died following a swimming accident in Blanchardstown.
• A teenager is expected to make a full recovery after falling from a hotel balcony onto a parked car below in Offaly.
• Three men were arrested in relation to a body that was recovered from the River Shannon.
• A man died after he fell into a slurry tank on a farm in County Cork.
• Fianna Fáil’s Eamon Ó Cuív defended sending a letter to the Irish Prison Service asking for a man convicted of manslaughter to be sent to an open prison.
• Gardaí are appealing for the public’s assistance in finding missing persons Sean Igoe and Niamh Berry.

WORLD

The sun rises at Stonehenge this morning. Sang Tan Sang Tan

#RUSSIA: Moscow is concerned Ukraine is stepping up its military operation and have ordered their troops to be on full combat alert.

#BRITAIN: A medical student from Cardiff has been identified in a jihad recruitment video.

#SYRIA: Nearly half of Syria’s entire population is in urgent need of humanitarian aid.

INNOVATION

• The New York Public Library want to develop a one-stop digital atlas of “old New York“. [Mashable]
• Want to play like Beethoven but could never commit to the hours of practice? This glove could possibly make anyone a master at playing the piano. [TechCrunch]

PARTING SHOT

Some of our readers were up early for the summer solstice. This shot was taken at 5am this morning from the top of Killiney Hill in Dalkey.

John Davis John Davis

First published 20.00pm

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