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

IRELAND

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin City Hall today at a seminar on Messines Peace Park and its contribution to Irish-British reconciliation. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A man considered by investigating gardaí as one of the prime suspects in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was arrested in the US for overstaying his visa.
• Leo Varadkar officially launched his bid to succeed Enda Kenny as leader of Fine Gael.
• Gardaí arrested a man in his 30s in relation to the suspicious death of Rita Apine in Kilkenny last week.
• A Cork sex offender who raped his former partner was jailed for 10 years.
• The barrister of Eric Locke, a Dublin man who strangled his ex-girlfriend in a hotel, told a murder trial the evidence supported his client having a mental disorder.
• A Garda Superintendent denied being “part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice” at a trial relating to events at an anti-water charges protest in Jobstown in 2014.
• A man in his 30s appeared in court in connection with dissident Republican activity.

WORLD

Gemma Blewett trials the Labyrinth Challenge in Reading, Berkshire, prior to its opening tomorrow. Steve Parsons / PA Wire/PA Images Steve Parsons / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#NEW YORK: A US Navy veteran who ploughed a car into pedestrians in New York’s Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, was charged with murder and attempted murder.

#LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange welcomed an “important victory” after Swedish prosecutors dropped a rape investigation against him.

#SCOTLAND: Tories in Scotland are refusing to implement means-testing for pensioners in receipt of winter fuel payments, saying the country is too cold.

#US: Former congressman Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to sexting a 15-year-old girl.

PARTING SHOT

CNN has obtained incredible footage of a cameraman in Mosul, Iraq who narrowly missed being shot by a sniper. The bullet bounced off a GoPro Ammar Al Waeli was wearing. Only the camera case was smashed.

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