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news wrap

Today's top stories in 6 seconds

All of the news, none of the waiting.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. #SOUTH CAROLINA: Dashcam footage released by police shows Walter Scott and the policeman who killed him moments before the shooting.

2. #ON-THE-RUN: Another prisoner has escaped from Tallaght Hospital and has managed to evade gardaí since.

3. #RAPE: The New York banker accused of raping an Irish woman had no injuries after the alleged incident, a court has been told.

4. JOBSTOWN: Ruth Coppinger told us she would’t have called Joan Burton the C-word and she still thinks last year’s Jobstown protest was peaceful.

5. #ANTI-SOCIAL: Dart services had to be stopped yesterday evening after scuffles among around 50 youth on the way back from Howth.

6. #UP OR DOWN: It’s the dress all over again. Everyone is arguing about whether a cat in a picture is going up or down a flight of stairs.

Main pic: A pretty day on Owey Island in Donegal – Iain Miller.