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

An Ebola drill was held today at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• The Mater Hospital held a practice run for a potential isolation unit admission.
• Adam Clayton’s jailed former PA lost her appeal.
• Enda Kenny said he has no problem’ meeting the four involved in the Maíria Cahill case.
• A Dublin pub is now charging for tap water.
• Dunnes Stores didn’t show up at the Labour Court.
• Intensive discussions are to be held between farmers and factories.
• ALONE condemned the fifteen week waiting lists facing Fair Deal Scheme applicants.
• The law allowing the government to cut public sector pay is being scrapped.
• The bodies of 11 greyhounds were found on an Irish ferry.
• A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Donegal.
• Gay Byrne is being replaced as the chair of the RSA by a former PD member.
• Dublin Zoo welcomed its one millionth visitor this year.
• Cars, furniture and electrical goods – that’s what you’ve been buying.
• Gardaí are concerned for missing 19-year-old Amy Louise Dunne.
• More than 250 appeals from the High Court are going to the new Court of Appeal.

INTERNATIONAL

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#NEW YORK: A woman in New York filmed the ten hours she received harassment from strangers on the street.

#UK: The RAF escorted a cargo plane to Stansted.

#UK: A criminal investigation has been launched into Tesco‘s €333 million blunder.

#US: An Irish American hinted that he may run for the Democratic nomination.

#HAWAII: The Kilauea volcano has erupted with lava threatening nearby homes.

INNOVATION

• Look how much the ocean is being destroyed by acidification. [Geek.com]
• Following yesterday’s rocket explosion, the Russian resupply craft docked safely with the International Space Station with three tons of food, fuel and supplies. [NASA]

PARTING SHOT

Check out this beautiful shot taken by Francis Foley at Ardfert Cathedral in Kerry. Look at those stars.

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