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

IRELAND

The site where Pope Francis is to give the closing Mass in the Phoenix Park. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The disappearance of Deirdre Jacob  was upgraded to murder
• The body of a young man was found in Blanchardstown
• The Teaching Council was found to be correct when it removed a teacher from its register
• Fianna Fáil asked questions about the cost of the Presidency
• Builders found weapons while working in Dublin
• Questions were asked about the sale of mortgages to vulture funds
• Homebase announced it would close three of its Irish stores
• Cork was named the third-friendliest city in the world

INTERNATIONAL

A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#ITALY: At least 30 people have been killed when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa, with several more feared dead in what Italy’s transport minister described as an “immense tragedy”.

#LONDON: A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences after a car crashed into the barriers outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

PARTING SHOT

A structure designed to protect flooding may be making things worse. Vox explains how “levee wars” are affecting cities across the US.