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

Launch of the Irish music bill. Pictured (Ltor) singer/song writers Phil Coulter and John Sheahan joined musicians to play irish music outside Leinster House this afternoon before going to Leinster House to support a Labour Irish music bill. Sam Boal Sam Boal

IRELAND

• Members of the Garda Representative Association rejected a draft government proposal on a new pay deal – and the threat of industrial action still looms.
• The body of an Irish woman was found in the sea off the Majorcan holiday resort of Santa Ponsa.
• Irish musicians gathered outside Leinster House to back a bill calling for radio stations to ensure at least 40% of the songs they play are Irish.
• Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the matter of the Christmas bonus is being discussed ahead of October’s Budget – but didn’t confirm if it’s on the way this year.
• Irish boxers Michael Conlan and Stephen Donnelly were sanctioned for betting on Olympic boxing events – Donnelly had bet on himself to lose, but ended up winning.
• Dublin Airport admitted that a sign it put up asking breastfeeding mothers to “use discretion and respect the privacy of others” could have been worded better.

WORLD

A man reads a newspaper carrying the headline in Spanish Agreement Signing in Cartagena, Colombia, Tuesday, 27 September, 2016, the day after the government signed a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, to end over 50 years of conflict. AP Photo / Ariana Cubillos AP Photo / Ariana Cubillos / Ariana Cubillos

#ALEPPO: Airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces destroyed two of the city’s biggest hospitals, as doctors say they are overwhelmed and the death toll rises [Guardian]

#SOUTH CAROLINA: Two students and one teacher were wounded in a school shooting - a teenage suspect has been taken into custody.

INNOVATION

• SpaceX chief Elon Musk wants to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft, possibly costing as low as $100,000 per person.
• This article takes a look at the backbone of Amazon – its reviewers – and if the system of fair and unbiased reviews is as transparent as it seems [Guardian]

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