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

Garda forensic teams at the scene in Avonbeg Gardens in Tllaght in County Dublin, where 44 year old Karl Holmes lost his life Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Irish leaders have said we can take more than 1,800 refugees.
• Gardaí appealed for information about the murder of Karl Holmes in Tallaght, Dublin.
• A manhunt is on for a man who raped a woman in Clondalkin, Dublin.
• The Minister for Justice said the shredding of the former Garda Commissioner‘s personal papers needs to be examined.
• Five new general election candidates were announced by the Social Democrats.
• A family in Wicklow paid tribute to a teenager after his sudden death following a collapse at school.
• An 18-year-old man was killed in a Cavan road crash.
• Setanta Insurance customers will finally get the money they’re owed.
• Health Minister Leo Varadkar is calling for an increase in HIV testing.
• Alan Kelly and Peter McVerry are fighting about homelessness again.

WORLD

Hundreds of migrants cross the river Danube in Budapest, after they decided to walk toward Austria. Bela Szandelszky / AP/PA Bela Szandelszky / AP/PA / AP/PA

#CRISIS: Hungarian football fans attacked refugees at Budapest train station.

#THE DONALD: Trump has vowed not to run as an independent in the Presidential election.

#SO HIGH: Spanish police are getting stoned from having too much weed in their stations.

#THE CHURCH: The Vatican has said transsexual people are not able to become godparents.

INNOVATION

• Spotify has finally explained why it’s looking for more of your data.
• Whatsapp is one step closer to reaching its dream of one billion users.
• Ever wondered why we’re always so keen to push the big red button? [Gizmodo]

PARTING SHOT

We don’t THINK there are any spoilers in this but uber-careful Game of Thrones fans might not want to watch it just in case. A reader sent us this footage they took of the show’s filming in Ballintoy this week.

(Video: Eye in the Sky/YouTube)