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

(Flowers laid at the scene where the body of Peggy Mangan was found yesterday. Pic:Laura Hutton/Photocall)

IRELAND

• Three men have been arrested in Athlone after the alleged sexual assault of two female children in the town.
• A 29-year-old man is being held by Gardaí in Cavan in connection with the death of a man overnight in Cootehill.
• The Constitutional Convention will recommend to the Government that it consider holding a referendum on extending voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad.
• The remaining Irish troops deployed to Syria have arrived at their base in the Golan Heights.
• A man will appear in court in Enniskillen tommorrow charged with attempted murder after two stab attacks in Tyrone yesterday.
• Fine Gael have not yet made any decision on their involvement in an RTÉ debate on the Seanad referendum on Tuesday.
• In newly released ‘Anglo Tapes’, former CEO David Drumm can be heard admitting he knew the lender was circulating money between it and Irish Life & Permanent.
• Sinn Féin named Lynn Ní Bhaoigheallain as their candidate for the European elections in Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

(Pic: AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

#PAKISTAN: A car bomb caused carnage in a busy market in the city of Peshawar, killing at least 39 people.

#JILL MEAGHER: Thousands of people took the to the streets of Melbourne to remember Louth woman Jill Meagher who was killed a year ago.

#NIGERIA: Up to 50 people were killed by suspected Islamic extremists who attacked a college overnight and shot students as they slept.

INNOVATION

• What the face and body of middle-aged men looks like across a number of continents according to artist Nickolay Lamm.
• Why Breaking Bad is the latest field of battle between Twitter and Facebook. [Buzzfeed]

PARTING SHOT

Local hero

Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Clare hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald visits his home town of Sixmilebridge with the Liam McCarthy Cup as part of the team’s homecoming this evening.

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