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

IRELAND

Kilmacsimon Rowing Club, U16 girls, competing in All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championship over the weekend at the Lakeside Centre, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. Valerie O’Sullivan Valerie O’Sullivan

• Sports Minister Shane Ross is due to meet Olympic Council of Ireland President Pat Hickey in Rio tonight to discuss the ongoing ticket scandal. 
• Tributes have been paid to consultant doctor Aongus Curran who died in Lough Corrib.
• Gardaí have appealed for information regarding a missing Dublin man.
• Five boys who absconded from the Oberstown detention centre have all been apprehended.
• Tributes have been paid after the death of a talented young Irish musician, Steve Martin.
• A house was set on fire while a woman and three children were inside.
• Ticket touting for profit for sports and music events could be coming to an end. 

INTERNATIONAL

British diver Tom Daley takes part in a training session in the green waters of the Aquatic Centre. Matt Dunham Matt Dunham

#NIGERIA: Boko Haram released a new video purportedly showing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

#RIO: Olympic organisers have determined what is making the water in the Aquatic Centre green. Over 3.73 million litres of pool water is due to be drained.

#YEMEN: At least 10 children were killed in an airstrike on a school. Coalition forces denied it was a target.

#USA: There was rioting on the streets of Milwaukee after a man was shot by police.

INNOVATION

• An amateur photographer in Australia has come to the attention of Nasa. [ABC]
• Microsoft is bolstering its Xbox arsenal.

PARTING SHOT

The movie The Terminal was a big hit for actor Tom Hanks, but the real-life experience of 28-year-old Fadi Mansour, a Syrian refugee who has been trapped for more than a year inside Istanbul’s Atatürk airport, is a far cry from the film. [The Guardian]

- Comments are closed as a man is due to be charged over the ticket allegations.