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

Pictured this morning at the Fruit Market, Dublin 7, dance group Tardigrade launches Tiger Beer's sponsorship of Tiger Dublin Fringe. The partnership launch and festival sneak preview will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of July and culture fans can apply for tickets to the event on www.tigerexplore.com Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• An 8-year-old girl was killed in a car crash in Cork
• The final Labour leadership hustings got under way
• The radical change in the Galway property market was outlined
• It was revealed an ambulance carrying a patient caught fire over the weekend
• An Irishman accused of Real IRA gun-running will face a retrial in Lithuania
• An online ad company announced 100 jobs and got the Taoiseach to pose for a selfie
• Changes to the Free Travel Scheme were ruled out by Joan Burton
• Protesters set up shop outside a Dublin TD’s house
• It was revealed the ex boss of Coillte got paid €88,000 for three months’ work
• Bank of Ireland sold €250 million worth of mortgages to an unregulated entity

INTERNATIONAL

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#SAVILE: 28 reports into the abuse carried out by TV presenter Jimmy Savile were published by the UK Department of Health. Savile visited hospitals in order to abuse some of his victims, with the visits dubbed a “boost to morale” to staff.

#PHONE HACKING: Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks says that she feels ‘vindicated’ by her acquittal by a London court on charges of phone hacking.

#SUPERSIZE ME: The large soda is safe in New York after a court ruled against the city’s proposed ban on the drinks.

INNOVATION

• Google is rolling its wearable watch out. It is shiny and we want one. [TheJournal.ie]
• Want a job in this pub? You can apply through Snapchat [TheJournal.ie]
• The API for Gmail was released today. Here’s why that matters. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

When Washington DC decriminalised possession of marijuana, House Republicans were mad. So mad, in fact, that they may have legalised the drug completely – by accident.

First published 9pm