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

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson Peter Morrison / AP/Press Association Images Peter Morrison / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

IRELAND

• The government confirmed plans to accept 4,000 refugees.
• The North’s First Minister Peter Robinson stepped aside as the Executive teeters on collapse.
• Sinn Féin’s Bobby Storey was released from custody.
• Some horrible weather is on the way.
• The Irish economy continued to look healthy…
• … but the Taoiseach said there won’t be a giveaway Budget.
• A councillor claimed he was registered for water charges without his permission.
• Michael Noonan said he dumped plans to burn the bondholders after a stern call from the ECB. [RTÉ News]
• Penneys is close to opening in the United States.
• Here’s why buildings are turned orange today.

WORLD

A young boy looks waves out of a bus window as he leaves a migrant camp for asylum seekers near Roszke, southern Hungary. Matthias Schrader / AP/Press Association Images Matthias Schrader / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#HUNGARY: The country’s military is staging drills to deter more migrants from entering. [WSJ]

#JAPAN: Thousands of people have fled severe flooding. [JapanToday]

#SERBIA: Eight people have been charged over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. [BBC News]

#SOUTH AFRICA: A new species of human was discovered in an African cave.

#TURKEY: As many as 32 people have died so far during the siege of Cizre. [The Guardian]

#UNITED STATES: California moved closer to legalising euthanasia.

INNOVATION

• Elon Musk has an unusual suggestion of how to make Mars livable – nuke it. [Business Insider]
• The tech world is still reeling from yesterday’s Apple conference. Here’s everything announced in 90 seconds. [Gizmodo]
• Take a look at one of the earliest galaxies. [ScienceDaily]

PARTING SHOT

Fetch your smelling salts, the new Irish Farmer Calendar has been published. [DailyEdge.ie]