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

IRISH

Aoife Drea (11) from Carrickshock, Kilkenny with 'Headmore Little Lightening' getting ready for the the Dublin Horse Show, RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• The government published a plan to spend €5 billion on social housing over the next five years.
• There’s also a promise to help first-time buyers.
• A father and son died in a head-on collision with a truck soon after the boy’s mother was stabbed nearby in Limerick.
• Temperatures hit the 30s and people were told to be careful.
• The banking account of Console’s Paul Kelly was unfrozen to allow him claim social welfare.
• A new tax on disposable fast-food containers, cans and plastic bottles is to be considered.
• A 10c raise in the minimum wage was recommended and some were unhappy.
• Angela Kerins’ High Court case continued with evidence from her doctor.
• Former ‘singing’ priest Tony Walsh has been jailed for seven and half years for raping a boy three times.
• Ian Paisley Jr. thinks that the idea of a border poll is “far out, man”.
• A 12-year-old boy scarred for life after falling in creche was awarded €45,000.    

WORLD

Law enforcement stands watch near a large poster of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Cleveland. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#PLAGARISM: A speech by Donald Trump’s wife Melania at last night’s Republican convention contained passages almost identical to a speech delivered by US First Lady Michelle Obama eight years ago.

#GERMANY: A hand-painted ISIS flag was found in the bedroom of an Afghan teen who attacked German train passengers with an axe.

#RIO: The participation of Russian athletes at the Rio Olympic Games is still in doubt after doping revelations.

#GROUNDED: Angela Eagle pulled out of the race for the leadership of the UK’s Labour Party leaving Owen Smith to face Jeremy Corbyn.

INNOVATION

• Advice on keeping your phone safer by changing-up your passcode method.
• Pokémon Go may be taking over the internet, but is it more popular than porn? We had a look.

PARTING SHOT

Speaking of Pokémon Go. If you think it’s caused waves here, Al Jazeera has taken a look at how some conservative authorities across the Middle-East have been reacting to the craze.