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

IRELAND

It is the start of the season for Queens potatoes. Pictured here in Wexford is 10-year-old Georgina Pettit Joe Keogh Joe Keogh

• Interim CEO of Console David Hall will tomorrow hand in a report on the contents of a storage locker rented by Paul Kelly. 
• Three ministers have announced that they will vote for a Bill allowing for abortion in the case of fatal foetal abnormalities. 
• Dublin City Council will this evening vote on whether to ban backing tracks being used by street performers. 
• A man has been sentenced to 12 years for raping and sexually abusing his three step-children. 
• The latest figures by Kantar have shown that SuperValu is still Ireland’s most popular supermarket. 
• A man who stabbed his friend to death in Belfast has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. 
• Former ‘singing priest’ Tony Walsh will serve two years in prison after raping a boy with a crucifix.
• Foreign investment in Ireland could be under threat after the UK announced plans to cut its corporation tax rate. 

WORLD

The United States has today been celebrating Independence Day Julio Cortez / PA Wore Julio Cortez / PA Wore / PA Wore

#TOP GEAR: Presenter Chris Evans has announced that he will leave Top Gear after one season. 

#UK: Nigel Farage has stepped down as leader of UKIP. 

#FIJI: A Russian couple who were in Fiji are believed to have been murdered and dismembered after body parts washed up on the beach of the Pacific island nation. 

#IRAQ: The country’s president has vowed to punish the attackers who killed close to 170 people in a suicide attack. 

INNOVATION

• Microsoft is set to step up its Windows 10 push by issuing full-screen reminders to its customers.  
• Apple has filed a trademark that would allow Night Shift to be used on other products like the Mac and Apple Watch. 

PARTING SHOT

Attacking companies on Twitter is a good way to vent without any fear for the ramifications – right? Not always the case, as one man found out after taking a pop at Tesco Mobile. [Daily Edge]