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

IRELAND

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• Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a man was shot in a car park outside a gym in Balbriggan.
• Eight people have been charged in connection with the killing of 20-year-old Dale Creighton in Tallaght earlier this year. [RTÉ]
• A man is due in court tomorrow morning charged in connection with a shooting in a pub in Sallynoggin, Dublin on Monday.
• Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman has been granted permission to seek a full judicial review against the PSNI over claims it’s refusing to provide information linked to 60 murders. [RTÉ]
• The Ombudsman is to investigate how public hospitals handle complaints and he wants your help to investigate. 
• Gardaí discovered 1,000 stolen beer kegs in searches as part of a metal theft day of action in May. Over 70 premises were searched and 27 people were arrested.
• The High Court had made orders to freeze the assets of Eden College directors. [RTÉ]
• Today marked the start of the Special Olympics Ireland Games in Limerick, the games will continue until Sunday.

INTERNATIONAL

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IRAQ: Obama has announced this evening that he will not send troops to Iraq but that he’s examining other options to help Iraq counter a Sunni extremist offensive.

MALAYSIA: The families of the passengers on board flight MH370 have started receiving compensation payments of $50,000 each from Malaysia Airlines’s insurer.

ENGLAND: A couple spent their wedding night apart and in jail cells after being arrested for assaulting staff at the hotel where they were celebrating their wedding.

INNOVATION

• The winning entries of the 2014 iPhone Photography Awards are simply amazing and you won’t believe they were shot with an iPhone, iPod or iPad. 
• Staying with photos – A movement called #FreeTheNipple is celebrating today after Facebook said that breastfeeding pics won’t be removed anymore.

PARTING SHOT

We don’t mean to panic you on this relaxing Friday evening but apparently the internet is nearly full.

This is not a joke…you can read all about it right here.

Originally published 21:00