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

IRELAND

Student Kifah Ajamia looks at an elephant, as nearly 100 anatomically dissected animals go on display in Dublin at the Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out exhibition opens Niall Carson Niall Carson

• Drugs like ecstasy were banned again – after the President signed an emergency law.
• The Graham Dwyer trial heard text messages sent on the day Elaine O’Hara was last seen alive.
• Prison officers said they would be launching a work-to-rule campaign.
• A Sinn Féin MP apologised for saying on Twitter that last night’s Spotlight programme was ‘rubbish’
• Gardaí launched a missing persons appeal for a 30-year-old man last seen on Monday.
• A major pro-life rally was held in Dublin.
• Its owner was said to be ‘traumatised’ after a cat was torn to pieces by dogs.
• Ireland’s favourite poem of the last 100 years was announced.
• And Bertie’s famous political HQ is up for sale.

WORLD

Jeremy Clarkson takes his seat at Stamford Bridge tonight to watch Chelsea play in the Champions League. Andrew Matthews Andrew Matthews

#MOSCOW: A former Chechen police officer has claimed he was tortured into confessing to the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov.

#MURDERED: Police in Bristol have recovered a laptop, mobile phone and tablet belonging to murdered teenager Becky Watts.

#CONTROVERSY: And Jeremy Clarkson has been dealing with increased media attention, after being suspended from his Top Gear role yesterday.

INNOVATION

• A bad day for Apple. Its online stores were down for more than eleven hours today with users unable to download or purchase content.
• And Minecraft owner Microsoft is investigating reports the Turkish government is preparing to ban the game, according to the BBC.

PARTING SHOT

’50 Shades of Gran’ could be the best 50 Shades parody yet (if you’re keeping track of these things). [Huffington Post]

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