EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day’s news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

• Today, the Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald told the Dáil that the long-awaited referendum on the Rights of the Child is not likely to be held until 2012.
• A 16-year-old girl has been reported missing from the Stepaside area of Dublin. Amy Byrne was last seen on Thursday 7 July at 4.15pm. She is described as being 5ft 1 in height, of medium build, approximately 9st in weight, with black hair with red roots and hazel coloured eyes.
• The former Sinn Féin Mayor of Cashel, Michael Browne, has passed away. Browne made history this year when he shook Queen Elizabeth’s hand during her visit to Ireland, thereby  becoming the first member of the party to officially welcome a British monarch to the Republic.
• The official report of the Commission of Investigation into child sex abuse in the Cork diocese of Cloyne is due to be published tomorrow. The report is expected to extend to over 400 pages and is to investigate complaints against 19 priests over a 13-year period between 1996 and 2009.
• Former Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave has been refused access to certain documents related to his upcoming trial, which will address allegations that he received corrupt payments in 1992 and 1997.
• The ringleader of gangland-style massacre of six people in Germany was convicted and sentenced to life in prison today for an attack that highlighted the international reach of Italy’s Calabrian mafia. Giovanni Strangio, 32, was one of eight people convicted for the 2007 Duisburg murders.
• Britain’s Conservative Party has indicated that it will back a motion tabled by Labour leader Ed Miliband for tomorrow, which reads that it is “in the public interest for Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to withdraw their bid for BSkyB”.
• US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Syrian President Bashar Assad had lost legitimacy and was “not indispensable.” The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned Clinton’s statement as “provocative”.
• For those of you heading to the Galway Arts Festival, here are some of the upcoming highlights to help you fill your week with music, art, comedy and craic – courtesy of Galway Arts Festival TV.
• John Byrne, the man who jumped into the River Liffey to save his pet rabbit, has received the Aran compassion award today on O’Connell Bridge in Dublin today. Byrne dove into the river earlier this month after a teenager tossed the rabbit, Lilly, into the water - see pictures and video here.
• This one is for all those foodies out there: cookbook author Nathan Myhrvold talks about his scientific approach to cooking – it’s guaranteed to give you a perspective you don’t usually enjoy in the kitchen…

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