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

IRISH

• The services of Console are going to be taken over by Pieta House after a liquidator was appointed to the charity.
• There are now 4,757,976 people in Ireland according to preliminary results from Census 2016. 
• A Longford construction company has been ordered to pay €250,000 for a safety breach that caused two men to lose their lives.
• Angela Kerins’ court case against the Public Accounts Committee heard that she was asked ‘an illegal set of questions’.
• A woman was awarded €60,000 after being hit by a pallet trolley in Dunnes Stores.
• The HSE says that patients at the centre of a measles outbreak have been in the Kerry area and Dublin Airport in the last month.
• A young woman had a lucky escape in Carlingford this morning when the car she was driving left the road and entered the water.
• Theresa Villiers resigned as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

WORLD

New York Stock Exchange President Tom Farley takes a selfie with Line character Cony. Richard Drew / PA Images Richard Drew / PA Images / PA Images

#ZIKA: Peruvian officials have declared a Zika health emergency across the northern half of their country.

#POLICE SHOOTING: California police have released graphic footage of officers shooting unarmed 19-year-old dead.

#SOUTH SUDAN: Two Irish nuns working in South Sudan have said they will not be leaving the 700 schoolgirls in their care despite the recent violence in the region.

INNOVATION

• Nintendo is planning to release a mini version of its classic Nintendo Entertainment System console. 
• As part of its new TV box, Sky is bringing in Ultra HD programming.

PARTING SHOT

Sometimes a graphic can tell a thousand words. This one from Five Thirty Eight demonstrates the scale of gun violence in the United States.