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

IRELAND

X Factor finalist Lloyd Daniels dons the famous garment as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat returns for a Dublin run. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Investigations into the ‘dismembered‘ body parts found in a Dublin recycling plant have not yet led to a cause of death being established. 
• A crash in Fermoy left a 28-year-old man dead and a woman in her 70s fighting for her life.
• Working class children are still less likely to reach third-level education according to the ESRI.
• Property developer Michael O’Flynn says he can “immediately repay” €24.9 million of loans he owes to a US fund.
• The mother of a six-year-old boy killed after being knocked down wants speed limits changed.
• The Government is to establish a working group to review the Direct Provision system.
• The head of business group DublinTown says that the majority of begging in Dublin city centre is “organised”.
• A garda was injured after a suspected stolen car crashed into a Dublin Bus on College Street.
• A comic depicting Irish nurses in Australia has sparked outrage online.

INTERNATIONAL

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#ROBIN WILLIAMS: Fans worldwide and colleagues have been mourning the death of actor and comedian Robin Williams.

#ROBIN WILLIAMS: The 63-year-old’s death has been preliminarily ruled as a suicide.

#EBOLA: An elderly Spanish priest infected with the Ebola virus has died. Miguel Pajares had been treated in Spain with an experimental serum.

INNOVATION

• Six major companies including Google are joining forces to build a superfast internet cable under the Pacific Ocean.
  
• Diversity data in tech companies has caused controversy recently, Apple is no different. [WSJ Tech]

PARTING SHOT

Today’s parting shot could only really feature one man. Here he is with Ireland’s/Zog’s Zig and Zag. Enjoy.