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

IRELAND

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• A number of children have been hospitalised after a bus with 26 on board overturned in Donegal. 
• The family of Ibrahim Halawa have called for the Taoiseach to intervene in the case.
• A group of Independents have agreed a set of principles ahead of the next election.
• Graham Dwyer has spent his first night as a convicted killer in Cloverhill Prison.
• A 35-year-old man appeared in court today over a stabbing at a retail park in Dublin yesterday. 
• Firearms, ammunition and explosives were found outside Dundalk after an extensive operation. 
• Almost 500 Irish drivers were caught speeding in the space of just 24 hours. 
• A new poll shows more than one third of people find Lucinda’s new party appealing.

INTERNATIONAL

People displaced following attacks by Islamist militants lineup for accreditation before casting their votes, in Yola, Nigeria. Sunday Alamba / AP/PA Sunday Alamba / AP/PA / AP/PA

#NIGERIA: Boko Haram militants are shooting dead Nigerian voters at polling stations.

#ANDREAS LUBITZ: The Germanwings co-pilot who crashed the Airbus in the French Alps had told his ex-girlfriend that ‘everyone will know my name’.

#NAIROBI: A chinese restaurant in Kenya has been shut after barring black people.

INNOVATION

• Scientists reckon Snapchat is worse for your relationship than Facebook. [TheJournal.ie]
• Are you keeping up with all this talk about Periscopes and Meerkats? Let us explain. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

This couple tied the knot in a Morrisons supermarket today.

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