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

IRELAND

Clerys on O'Connell Street, pictured here Christmas 2013. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• The iconic Clerys store closed down.
• Two men were shot in Dublin, one is critical.
• The High Court refused to completely lift an injunction on RTÉ over a story about Denis O’Brien.
• The second man injured in Wednesday’s sewer accident died.
• The Agriculture Minister said Ireland’s beef status is likely to be downgraded if the diagnosis of BSE is confirmed.
• Six Áras Attracta staff were charged with assault.
• A woman and a man died in crashes.
• TV3 could be close to being sold.
• Diarmuid Martin broke down while talking about victims of clerical abuse.
• An Irish couple robbed on their J1 were helped by a familiar face.
• The summer ended (for now).

WORLD

The replica of the Hermione frigate, which, in 1780, brought Lafayette and vital French aid to the American Revolution, fires its cannon near Yorktown, Virigina. Pat Jarrett / Invision for Hennessy/AP Images Pat Jarrett / Invision for Hennessy/AP Images / Invision for Hennessy/AP Images

#FRANCE: Former IMF boss Dominique Struass-Kahn was cleared of pimping charges.

#MALAYSIA: Four tourists who stripped naked on a ‘sacred’ mountain were deported.

#SPAIN: Princess Christina was stripped of her title by King Felipe, her brother.

#UNITED KINGDOM: Police issued a new appeal for a mother and her child to return home.

#UNITED STATES: A prominent civil rights activist was revealed to be disguising herself as black for years.

INNOVATION

• Snoop Dogg wants to be the next boss of Twitter.
• BlackBerry‘s next smartphone may run on Android. [Geek]
• Wind turbines could be kept silent by using blades shaped like owl wings. [NewScientist]

PARTING SHOT

Aer Lingus is on the ball with their in-flight food. [DailyEdge.ie]