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

IRELAND

The family dog of the O'Donnells at their Gorse Hill mansion in Killiney.

• The Land League has said it will take a case to Europe to protect Brian O’Donnell from losing his house in Killiney.
• Prison officers are on the verge of going on strike as escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell is transferred back to prison in England.
• Meanwhile, Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley is still in hospital.
• The world’s biggest porn site has released the age profiles of its users.
• The plaque erected in memory of homeless man Jonathan Corrie has been removed.
• A former advisor to the late finance minister Brian Lenihan told the banking inquiry that the “lethal expansion” of the property market could have been avoided.
• RTÉ has conceded that emails from annoyed viewers abroad made them launch its new international player.
• The unemployment rate dropped to its lowest in six year – it’s very close to single figures.
• Even better news for this May man – he collected €1 million after leaving his Lotto ticket in his unlocked car overnight. Now, that’s lucky.
• The Electric Picnic line-up was announced.

INTERNATIONAL

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#BRISTOL The stepbrother of Becky Watts has been charged with her murder after body parts were found at a house.

#BOSTON A jury in the US has heard how Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made bombs with his brother to “shred flesh, shatter bones, set people on fire” at the Boston marathon.

#LONDON A mother and her girlfriend were found guilty of killing eight-year-old girl Ayesha Chowdhury after months of sustained abuse.

#INDIA Has banned a BBC documentary which features a horrific interview with a rapist, claiming it could cause public disorder.

#HAMBURG Walls in the German city have been coated with a pee-resistant paint that directs the spray back at its original owner.

INNOVATION

• Your gmail inbox giving your heart palpitations? Here’s one quick way to sort that out. [TheJournal.ie]
• Samsung has built a ‘dream doghouse’ which boasts an earth-covered treadmill, built-in tablets, hydro-therapy pool and paw-operated snack dispenser. It costs $30,000! [Mashable]

PARTING SHOT

Maniac 2000 turns 15 (yes, only 15!) today. Our reporter Aoife Barry spoke to Mark McCabe (who is now only 35 years old) about the “badly produced and so badly recorded” single that changed Irish discos forever.

-With Cliodhna Russell