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.

• The report into child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne was published this afternoon, containing strong condemnation of the manner in which abuse claims were dealt within the diocese. The Vatican has been harshly criticised for its interference in proceedings, as was the bishop who ran the diocese at the time, John Magee. Although many groups and individuals have responded to the publication of the report, tonight the whereabouts of Magee is not known – with some suggesting he may have left the country.
• Today demonstrators congregated outside Leinster House to protest over government plans to cut the jobs of 200 Special Needs Assistants. The government says it must cut the positions under the terms of the EU-IMF bailout – however some independents have called for a renegotiation on the terms. Finian McGrath told the Dáil this morning that the withdrawal of the positions would leave Ireland in breach of its commitments under the European Convention of Human Rights.
• Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its multi-billion pound bid for the satellite broadcaster BSkyB following the controversy surrounding the allegations that some of its newspapers were involved in phone hacking.
• A report published by the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee today shows that waste, inefficiency and poor planning still exist across many public bodies.
• Gardaí have issued an appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of Julis Buls who has been missing from his Galway home since last Thursday. The 30-year-old Latvian national is described as 5 foot 7 inches in, with short blonde hair and blue eyes, and of light build. Anyone with any information as to his whereabouts is asked to contact Tuam Garda station on 093 70840.
• An official report by the Department of Health into Ireland’s progress in tackling the spread of HIV and AIDS reveals that the country has made significant progress – but that there are still major shortcomings in its approach.

Shane Ross and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan join Mick Wallace (not pictured) outside Leinter House this afternoon. Pic: Stephen Kilkenny.

• A District Court judge has appeared before the District Court herself today, charged with two counts of deception. Heather Perrin, 60, from Lambay Court in Malahide, Dublin, faced charges relating to an incident that occurred before she was appointed to the bench.
• Gardaí in Co Kildare have issued an appeal for witnesses to an armed robbery at a petrol station in Naas this morning. Staff at the station were threatened by a man with a firearm,  who then escaped with an undisclosed sum of money in a silver van.
• There are conflicting reports about whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is on Google Plus – with three people now claiming to be him on the site.
• Workers making Converse runners in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them “dogs” and “pigs”. Nike – the brand’s owner – admits that such abuse has occurred among the contractors that make the shoes but claims there was little it could do to stop it.
• The discredited and widely unpopular Egyptian police force has been purged of almost 700 of members as part of public demand to root out corruption.
• NATO said that it intends to continue bombing Libya over the hold month of Ramadan – however, the alliance said its campaign would stop if Gaddafi’s forces stopped targeting civilians.
• U2 guitarist David Evans, aka The Edge, has written to the Baltimore Sun in response to a letter printed in it about the band’s tax record – saying that the band has a “totally clean record with every jurisdiction to which they are required to pay tax and have never been and will never be involved in tax evasion”.
• High street retailer Topshop has pulled a picture from its website after receiving complaints that the model featured in it is too thin and that it may encourage young girls to develop an unhealthy body image. However, the model in question has hit out at criticism about her appearance, saying she is “naturally skinny”.
• Human sexual reproduction – what’s it all about? Well, the point of sex has finally been revealed by scientists… and, let’s just say, it’s not so sexy.
• If you like video games, Star Wars, or really really big touchscreens then this could be for you; MS student Arthur Nishimoto developed this Fleet Commander game at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois…

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