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

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IRELAND

• Brothers Thomas, Paddy and Jonathan O’Driscoll were removed from O’Malley’s Funeral Home this afternoon, ahead of their funeral tomorrow.
• Roisín Shortall claims the Taoiseach Enda Kenny “dismissed” her concerns about James Reilly’s health reforms.
• Do most of us plan to wash less, once the water charges come in? Apparently so.
• An Irish criminal was shot dead at a bar in the Costa del Sol.
• The HSE has bought Mount Carmel private hospital, but won’t say for how much
• Environment Minister Phil Hogan was landed in another Irish Water scandal – this time over consultancy payments.
• A Tyrone man was charged over the death of a man in a shipping container in Essex.
• A man is due in court in Waterford tonight over the death of a woman at a psychiatric hospital on Friday.
• ‘Shocked’ boaters were rescued in Cobh after a motor-craft crashed at the Titanic Bar.
• In sport, the All-Ireland final saw a draw between Kilkenny and Tipperary.

INTERNATIONAL

Designer Thierry Spierkel views a giant saxophone made from chocolate, at the Speciality and Fine Food Fair, at Olympia Grand, in west London. Dominic Lipinski Dominic Lipinski

#KABUL Seven men were arrested over the gang-rape of four women in Afghanistan.

#EGYPT Egypt arrested seven men over a video that appeared to show a same-sex marriage ceremony.

#IRAQ The US stepped up its air-strike campaign to target fighters west of Baghdad, deepening the country’s involvement in the conflict.

#SCOTLAND The British Government has said it will give Scotland greater fiscal autonomy – if it votes No to independence.

#USA President Barack Obama said he regrets that he went and played golf after news of James Foley’s beheading broke.

#UKRAINE There were fears over the Ukraine truce, as a woman was killed in heavy fighting overnight.

INNOVATION

• Ever wondered what coffee does to your brain? Wonder no more.

PARTING SHOT

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