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

IRELAND

Col Andrew Martin (US), An Cathaoirleach Cllr Cormac Devlin, Col Max Walker (UK) and Col Sergey Nadëzhkin (Russia) at the Irish Permanent Defence Forces international medal awards in Dún Laoghaire. Luke Martin Luke Martin

• A man’s decomposed body was discovered at a house in Cork.
• The Citizens’ Assembly discussed the Eighth Amendment today, with Professor Anthony McCarthy among those speaking.
• The Tánaiste led tributes following the death of Judge Michael Reilly, the Inspector of Prisons.
• Joshua Molloy, an Irishman who fought the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, has been speaking out about the experience.
• Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a number of reported robberies, including a burglary at a house in Armagh where a family pet was reportedly killed.
• The Central Bank’s governor said he is “open-minded” about extending regulation to cover new financial technologies like crowdfunding.
• The ISPCA issued a warning to people considering buying a dog to not support puppy farms in the run up to Christmas.
• Temperatures will dip to below freezing in some areas tonight.

WORLD

Fidel Castro in 2000 (left) and earlier this year. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#CUBA: Fidel Castro, who led Cuba for almost 50 years, died at the age of 90. President Higgins led the Irish tributes to Castro.

#SOMALIA: A car bomb exploded near a police station in a busy market in Somalia, killing at least 11 people and injuring 16 others.

#NEW ZEALAND: Eight people are feared dead after a boat overturned near Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland.

#ALASKA: Authories are investigating the deaths of four people in a hotel room as a murder-suicide. The dead include a two-month-old girl.

INNOVATION

• Pressure is growing on Facebook and Google to reduce the circulation of fake news.
• The Irish Internet Association is looking for a new purpose after members voted against winding the cash-strapped organisation up.

PARTING SHOT

Thank you to Iain Miller who sent us in this gorgeous image he took at Dunlewey Lake in Co Donegal during the week.

Iain Miller Iain Miller

You can watch video footage he captured here.

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