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

IRELAND

Gillian Forde, Rochestown, Cork and Herolind Sylejmani, Cork getting ready for Oktoberfest Beag, taking place in Waterford (22-25 September) Cork City docklands (6-15 October) and Limerick on 27-31 October. Darragh Kane Darragh Kane

• Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the European Commission’s bill of €13 billion in back taxes said to be owed by his company to Ireland “comes from a political place”.
• Two women have been detained after Gardaí seized €150,000 worth of cannabis in Westmeath.
• New research shows it could take six years to save a deposit for a mortgage.
• California’s Senate has approved legislation that will enforce greater regulation and oversight of construction procedures, following the Berkeley balcony collapse in which six young people died.
• A garda was treated in hospital after being assaulted in an armed robberyinvolving three masked men armed with iron bars and a hammer in north Dublin.
• The number of unemployed people on the Live Register fell below 300,000 this month.
• More than 2,500 second round CAO offers were made to students by the Central Applications Office today.
• The sale of Blanchardstown Shopping Centre was the most lucrative in the State’s history.

WORLD

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do the 'gnarly' hand gesture associated with surfing, as they meet children from life-saving clubs in Cornwall today. Arthur Edwards / PA Arthur Edwards / PA / PA

#ETON-PUTIN: Teenage students of England’s prestigious Eton College school have been granted an audience with Vladimir Putin.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of people in his first hour as President of the US.

#TSUNAMI: Evacuations are underway following a powerful earthquake in New Zealand.

#ROCKET: A space rocket has exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

INNOVATION

• Some Vodafone customers experienced interrupted service today.
• Shares in tech giant Samsung have fallen after reports that some of its handsets exploded. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

JK Rowling has become embroiled in a massive Twitter row over the future of left-wing politics in Britain. [Vox]

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