Updated 10.52pm

Gardaí outside Longford District Court where a 30-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with the rape of two young girls who were lured away from a children’s birthday party in Athlone on Saturday. (Niall Carson/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

IRISH

• A man was charged with the rape of two young girls in Athlone.
• Liam Adams was found guilty of raping his eldest daughter Áine.
• Richard Bruton and Micheál Martin debated about the Seanad on live TV.
• The Children’s Ombudsman said the HSE’s actions ‘negatively affected’ a child who said she suffered severe sexual abuse.
• The search for 15-year-old Chloe Kinsella in Limerick continued.
• The body of a man was found on Dollymount Beach in Dublin.
• Students protested against cuts to third-level education.
• An opt-out system for organ donation has been recommended.
• Hospital doctors and the HSE continued their war of words over 24-hour shifts.
• Labour did not do well in an opinion poll.
• Fine Gael says its €20 million savings figure on the Seanad abolition is ‘absolutely authoritative’.
• A garda accused of possessing 650 images of child sexual abuse will not have his identity protected in court. [RTÉ News]
• Topaz says it will create 100 jobs in two new service stations.
• Ryanair published its complaints email address.
• We are in for some very heavy rain.

INTERNATIONAL

South Korea’s Special Army soldiers demonstrate their taekwondo martial art skills during the 65th anniversary of the Armed Forces Day ceremony at Seoul military airport in Seongnam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

#USA: The US government shut down for the first time in 17 years, placing hundreds of thousands of workers on temporary, unpaid leave. Confused? Here’s our explainer.

#USA: Meanwhile, Obamacare went live.

#UK: Former BBC presenter Dave Lee Travis was charged with two more counts of indecent assault, on top of the eleven he is already facing.

#SPAIN: This is what the Sagrada Familia will look like when it is finished.

#SYRIA: Children in Syria returned to school for the first time in a year. [Photos]

INNOVATION

• Any project that uses Lego excites us (that fact is well documented) and the little plastic bricks have just made a dull day-planner into something deadly. [Geek.Com]
• Two Americans found love on image-sharing site Imgur…after she posted a photo of herself holding a multitude of sharp knives. [Mashable]

PARTING SHOT

Over the past two weeks, millions of Syrian children have returned to school, despite the ongoing conflict. Read more about 12-year-old Abdo al-Fikri’s first day back in almost one year. [Washington Post]

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