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

IRISH

Howth Castle is opening its doors to the public for the first time on Sunday, 7 August. Jasmine (8) and Dylan (9) Colmer of Kinsealy with Aideen Turvey at the launch of the guided tours. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A woman was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man by driving him into a deep harbour, where he drowned.
• A man who shot dead his neighbour in Tallaght in 2014 was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
• Three people died after two cars collided in Co Donegal, and a 26-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash in Co Galway.
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses after an alleged sexual assault took place in Clondalkin this morning.
• A man who stabbed his girlfriend repeatedly in the face after accusing her of cheating on him was jailed for six-and-a-half years.
• A 74-year-old man appeared at the Special Criminal Court accused of withholding information in relation to the killing of Denis Donaldson.
• Gardaí renewed their appeal for information about Deirdre Jacob, who went missing on 28 July 1998.
• The court proceedings surrounding the liquidation of scandal-hit suicide charity Console were deferred by three months.
• A spate of drug overdoses in Cork and Dublin in recent weeks led the HSE to warn heroin users about a dangerous class of drug being sold as heroin.
• Garth Brooks has no plans to play in Cork next year, despite speculation to the contrary.
• The luckiest places in the country to buy a lottery ticket were revealed.

WORLD

A female spectacled bear named Ryna, one of two of the bears native to South America that are making their public debut at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford, Kent, explores her new enclosure. Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

#UK: A new nuclear power station will be built at Hinkley Point in southwest England, 250km from the Irish coast.

#FRANCE: Several media outlets in France said they will no longer use photographs of killers responsible for terror attacks to avoid giving them “posthumous glorification”.

#LONDON: Chris Evans will face no further action over historic allegations of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police has said.

#US: Several US newspapers were criticised for headlining the story of Hillary Clinton’s nomination to become US president with a picture of her husband Bill.

INNOVATION

• Facebook says it’s running out of places to show ads in your news feed.
• It’s official: Apple has sold a billion iPhones.

PARTING SHOT

A punter at the Galway Races woke up with the mother of all bar receipts.

Yes, they spent €1,990 on whiskey.

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