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

Candlelight Rosary Procession outside the Knock Shrine in Mayo on the first day of the National Novena. Mark Stedman / RollingNews,ie Mark Stedman / RollingNews,ie / RollingNews,ie

IRELAND

• A man was injured in a shooting in Dublin.
• Support for the Labour party is at its lowest point in nine months.
• It emerged the company that sold Clerys made €7.7 million in its flood damage claim.
• A search was taking place for a Chinese fisherman who was swept off the rocks at Kerry Head.
• The woman who accused Alexander Pacteau of attempted rape said she knew he would ‘strike again’.
• A motorcyclist was killed in a collision in Kerry.
• A group of up to 30 youths were involved in a violent brawl in Belfast.
• Gardaí and Revenue are cracking down on Dublin rickshaws.

WORLD

#VJ DAY: Veterans were marking 70 years since Japan surrendered in World War Two.

#MANCHESTER: Two men were arrested after a woman’s body was found in the boot of a car.

#CHINA: A man was found alive just 50 metres from the epicentre of the explosion.

#ITALY: More than 40 people suffocated in the hold of a migrant boat.

INNOVATION

• Tired of Facebook videos autoplaying? Here’s how to make it stop.
• A new app will let you send your loved ones messages from beyond the grave. [Telegraph]

PARTING SHOT

Eighteen designers were asked to photoshop this woman’s body to show what their country’s ideal female body would look like. The results were interesting.