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

IRELAND

Niamh Briggs celebrates at the final whistle after Ireland beat New Zealand at the Women's Rugby World Cup. INPHO / Dan Sheridan INPHO / Dan Sheridan / Dan Sheridan

• Ireland’s women’s rugby team beat New Zealand at the World Cup.
• The Budget may be not quite as harsh as expected.
• Protesters held Israeli boycott ‘die-ins’ at Dublin shops.
  
• The Central Bank says the mortgage arrears crisis is far from over.
• Forensic investigators have searched a house to solve a 1989 murder.
• Hurricane Bertha will tire itself out before it hits Ireland, say forecasters.
• SIPTU says shift work may be damaging to people’s health.
• There were a mere 13 complaints about advertisements last month.
• A Dublin hotel which features in Ulysses won’t be demolished after all.
• Don’t go into the water at twelve Dublin beaches…

INTERNATIONAL

Bernie Ecclestone arrives for his trial earlier today. AP Photo / Matthias Schrader AP Photo / Matthias Schrader / Matthias Schrader

#UP IN THE AIR: A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat on a passenger plane flying from Qatar to Manchester.

#SURROGACY: An Australian couple accused of abandoning their baby who has Down syndrome have said that their Thai surrogate mother has ‘misled’ the world over what happened.

#FORMULA 1: Bernie Ecclestone is to pay €75 million to end his trial… for bribery.

INNOVATION

• Meet the Swedish science teacher who has created 3 million articles on Wikipedia [Guardian]
• Sony has given up on selling e-readers, saying the market is just not big enough. [BBC] 

PARTING SHOT

This is interesting: this map shows the most commonly spoken language – after English – across each area of London.  Some are predictable (Polish, Punjabi and Turkish all feature) but others are less so. [Randomly London]

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