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

Pictures emerged today of a large house fire in Shankill that was brought under control by firefighters yesterday.

IRELAND

• A boy aged three was airlifted to hospital after an incident at a swimming poll in Co Cork
• Eircodes were introduced today – but not everyone was happy with them
• A bomb scare in Dublin city centre turned out to be a hoax
• The number of property repossessions has gone up by nearly 200%
• The daughter of missing woman Breda Delaney said she had been “very anxious and distressed”
• Barry Davis Ryan was hailed a hero at his funeral today
• A leaflet about street lights sparked a war of words between two councillors and a government minister
• A man who raped his girlfriend while she was asleep escaped jail
• Irish Water staff went into talks about their bonuses at the Labour Relations Commission
• Eason was told to separate its Grey and Graham Dwyer books after a backlash over them being displayed side-by-side
• The M11 was officially opened for business
• An effigy of a Sinn Féin politician was burned on a bonfire in Co Tyrone

INTERNATIONAL

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#GREECE A deal was agreed on the country’s third bailout – but it still needs to clear the Greek parliament. Meanwhile, Yanis Varoufakis took a swipe at Ireland

#FRANCE Armed men stormed a Primark store in Paris during an attempted robbery

#LONDON People occupied a runway at Heathrow in a protest against airport expansion

#LIVE AID It was the 30th anniversary of Live Aid today – and here are the moments from it that we’ll never forget

INNOVATION

• This Irish inventor has raised a cool €5million for Sugru, a pretty amazing product. [TheJournal.ie]
• China has a new Internet law, and it means stricter censorship and the blocking of foreign websites. [Arstechnica]

PARTING SHOT

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