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

Catherine Etienne from Pure Magic and a group of children from Dublin practise their kite flying at the launch of Dublin City Council’s Dublin Kite Festival 2016 which takes place on Sunday, 12 June, in North Bull Island, Clontarf Jason Clarke Photography Jason Clarke Photography

IRELAND

• We asked every TD if they wanted to repeal the Eighth Amendment – here’s what they said.
• A man and two children were in a critical condition after being struck by lightning in Antrim. 
• Republic of Ireland football manager Martin O’Neill expanded on his apology after using the word “queer” in an interview.
• Passengers had to be evacuated from a train at Clongriffin station after the driver was alerted to a small engine fire on the underside of one of the carriages.
• 12 food businesses were hit with closure orders last month over breaches of food safety legislation.
• Family and friends gathered for ceremonies to honour Garda Gerry McCabe to mark 20 years since his death at the hands of the IRA.

INTERNATIONAL

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media outside a hospital near an explosion site in Istanbul today. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Lefteris Pitarakis / AP / AP

#UNITED STATES: There was fresh controversy in the case of Stanford University student, who was sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

#ENGLAND: Two teenage girls admitted to kidnapping a two-year-old girl from a Primark store in Newcastle in the northeast of England.

#TURKEY: 11 people were killed after a car bomb targeted a police station in Istanbul.

#FLORIDA: MMA fighter Kimbo Slice died, age 42.

INNOVATION

•  Screen glare giving you hassle? There are ways to reduce that. 
• A Facebook messenger flaw has allowed hackers to secretly alter messages.

 PARTING SHOT

Ever wanted to find out what was going on in the entire Alien franchise of movies but just didn’t have the time? Well here’s every movie laid out in a quick three minutes (well, sort of).

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