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

IRELAND

A Palestinian flag flutters on front on the James Larkin statue on Dublin's O'Connell Street. Ruth Medjber Ruth Medjber

• Minister Brendan Howlin revealed that the reversal of pay cuts in the public sector is up for discussion.
• Thousands of people marched on the Israeli Embassy in Dublin against the state’s actions in Gaza.
• A man was arrested after an estimated €460,000 worth of drugs was seized by gardaí in Ballyfermot.
• Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries have said that the proposed redress scheme falls short of what was recommended.
• The 43rd anniversary of the Ballymurphy Massacre in 11 people were killed by the British Army was marked in Dublin today.
• Some credit unions are in financial trouble because of the way their buildings are being valued by the Central Bank.
• A man in his 40s has died and seven others were injured in a two-car collision in Co. Carlow.
• Ireland beat Kazakhstan 40-5 to reach the semi-final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup.
• Donegal and Dublin will face-off in the All-Ireland football semi-finals after both sides secured wins at Croke Park today.

INTERNATIONAL

LGBT Pride celebrations in Uganda are held amid legal wrangling over the country's anti-gay laws. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#IRAQ: US President Barack Obama has warned that new intervention in Iraq is “a long-term project”.

#EBOLA: Nigeria has appealed for volunteers to help halt the spread of the Ebola virus as it struggles to find medical personnel.

#LONDON: A woman in the UK has been sentenced to six years in jail for using internet chat rooms to try to arrange for the rape of a former colleague.

#GAZA: Violence and death has returned to Gaza leaving international mediators scrambling to rescue ceasefire talks.

INNOVATION

• Your home screen looking a little too familiar? Here’s five apps worth downloading to freshen it up.
• Have you hit your tech peak? If you’re over 15 you have [Quartz]

PARTING SHOT

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#RIPalen (RIP eel) has been spawning jokes on Twitter after the death of the “world’s oldest European eel” in Sweden according to the BBC.

The eel was believed to be 155-years-old.