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

IRELAND

Activists from Dundrum housing action group drill a not for sale sign across the for sale sign at a site listed for housing development in sandyford this afternoon. Sam Boal via Rollingnews Sam Boal via Rollingnews

• Gussie Shanahan, who went missing 18 years ago, has been laid to rest in Limerick.
• Two men arrested yesterday by gardaí investigating the murder of David Boland have been released without charge.
• Residents and housing activists in the South Dublin suburb of Sandyford are staging a 24-hour protest today at a site owned by a Nama debtor that is to be sold.
• Gardaí in Drogheda are investigating five separate incidents, including two petrol bomb attacks, in a six hour period between Thursday night and Friday morning.
• The Irish Prison Service has defended the luxuries at its new violence reduction unit.
• There are fears about the impact that Brexit could have one of Ireland’s most well-known exports.
• Concern has been raised over a proposed referendum to override judges’ discretion in the awarding of compensation claims.
• Gardaí in Cork have arrested two men after they seized drugs worth around €180,000.

WORLD

A firefighter battles wildfire in Malibu, California Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#CALIFORNIA: Nine people have died following fires in California.

#KHASHOGGI: Turkey has said it shared recordings related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Saudi Arabia, Britain and the US. 

#DONALD VS DONALD: European Union Chief Donald Tusk has accused US President Donald Trump of being averse to a “strong and united” Europe.

PARTING SHOT

A red leather wheelchair that Stephen Hawking used from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, driving himself using a joystick, has sold for £296,750 at auction. 

The money raised from selling the wheelchair will be donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Stephen Hawking Foundation.

A staff member of auctioneer Christie's shows Stephen Hawking's wheelchair. PA images PA images

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