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

IRELAND

Noel Cronin gets a scrub down from fellow Cork City Fire Brigade Probationary Firefighters, Kilian Brennan and Kevin Mac Mahon ahead of their 12-hour charity car wash in aid of Cork Simon Community. Clare Keogh Clare Keogh

• An investigation has been launched into the discovery of a man’s body in Co Meath
• Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has filed High Court proceedings over the Guerin Report.
• Penalty points are being increased soon for some driving offences.
• NAMA is selling its first retail park portfolio – for €110 million.
• Most senators are coming back for tomorrow’s Seanad session on Gaza – but some are on holidays.
• AIB has reported a profit for the first time since the property crash.
• Have you seen these photos taken by Irish priest Fr Browne during WWI?
• On the roads today, a 23-year-old driver was killed in Dublin and a truck crashed into a shop in Dingle, Co Kerry.

INTERNATIONAL

Exhausted Palestinian medics take a break after carrying wounded people injured from an Israeli strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, into the emergency room at Gaza City's Shifa hospital today. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#GAZA: An Israeli strike on a Gaza market during today’s partial ceasefire has killed at leas 17 people.

#NIGERIA: Nigerian security forces today arrested a 10-year-old child they say was strapped with explosives.

#WIKILEAKS: Here’s what you need to know about the latest release from Wikileaks.

INNOVATION

• You can now find electric car plug-in points “every 60km”.
• Vision-correcting displays are being developed that will create sharp images without the need for glasses or contact lenses. [ScienceDaily]

PARTING SHOT

The Moon might look perfectly round, but scientists now say it is actually slightly flat – and a bit bulgy. [The New York Times]