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

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IRISH

• Catherine Nevin was blocked from appealing her murder conviction to the Supreme Court.
• The body discovered earlier today at a quarry near the Cliffs of Moher is that of missing man Adrian Folan.
• A mother who killed her eight-year-old son has been handed down a seven-year suspended sentence.
• The Finance Minister Michael Noonan says he expects a new Cabinet by Wednesday.
• Dublin City Council discussed the Garth Brooks debacle, with the county manager saying he won’t budge on the licensing decision.
• Three people were stabbed at a Kildare GAA club.
• Five whales died after getting stranded on a beach in Donegal.
• Medicinal cannabis will soon be available for certain patients.

Revelers run ahead of ''Torrestrella'' fighting bulls on Estafeta corner during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

WORLD

#LONDON: A 7/7 memorial was vandalised today, the anniversary of the 2005 attacks.

#SPAIN: The Spanish Aviation authorities said that there was never any danger of two planes colliding with each other after a video of the incident went viral.

#VATICAN: Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from survivors of clerical sex abuse who met with him today in the Vatican for the first time.

INNOVATION

• A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. 
  
• Nasa is funding 20 new projects on asteroid capture.
• PCs are still outselling tablets.

PARTING SHOT

Picked up a book full of good intentions to read it. Here is a simple index drawn from e-books which shows which best sellers are going unread. [The Wall Street Journal]

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