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

Sgt Val Murray assists Carmel McBride, Presiding Officer for Inishbofin, an island off the coast of Donegal, today Brian Lawless Brian Lawless

IRELAND

• Deputy Alan Shatter will donate his Minister for Justice severance payment to the Jack & Jill Foundation.
• An investigation was launched after a man died in garda custody.
• Edward Connors was convicted of killing Eoghan Dudley, who died after going under the wheel of a bus. [RTÉ]
• David Drumm continued to give information during his trial at a court in Boston.
• A man was stabbed at a college this afternoon, sustaining serious injuries.
• Green ecstasy pills have killed two people in the last four days, warns the HSE.
• Activists occupied Bank of Ireland on O’Connell St in Dublin over bond payments.
• The PSNI has begun the process to retrieve all the Boston Tapes.
• The government has launched a new €500m bank for SMEs – here’s what it means.
• A psychiatric patient died in HSE care last week – an internal review has been opened.
• Tesco will no longer sell sweets and chocolates at checkouts, a move welcomed by the Health Minister.
• The Olympics of Sheep Shearing got underway in Gorey.
• A man was injured after shots were fired at houses in Dublin overnight.
• A woman who was nine months pregnant slept rough in Dublin last night.

INTERNATIONAL

An anti-government demonstrator cries before leaving a demonstration site, after the military seized power in Bangkok, Thailand AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#INTERPOL Over 100,000 prescription drugs were seized during Interpol’s largest-ever operation.

#LANCASHIRE Ex-Manchester United manager David Moyes was accused of being involved in an alleged assault at a wine bar.

#AUSTRALIA Prime Minister Tony Abbott apologised for winking at a journalist as he took a call from a sex worker during a phone-in radio programme.

#THAILAND The Thai army has seized power in a military coup, deposing the elected government.

#RUSSIA A Russian diplomat is expected to hold talks at Britain’s foreign ministry after Prince Charles reportedly compared Putin to Hitler.

#SYRIA China and Russia vetoed the UN Security Council bringing Syria to court for war crimes.

INNOVATION

• Now this sounds intriguing. The Pentagon showed off projects from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week, including prosthetic arms and  virtual reality products. [TheVerge]
• Did you know that Facebook has made what you share a bit more private? The default settings have been changed. [Arstechnica]

PARTING SHOT

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