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

IRISH

John Bowe on his way into court before he and two other bank executives were jailed. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Three former banking executives were jailed for their part in a “deceitful, dishonest and corrupt” Anglo Irish Bank scheme. 
• Two arrests were made in connection with a serious sexual assault on a woman in Clondalkin.
• Bus drivers rejected a Labour Court recommendation that they get an 8.25% pay increase.
• A new poll found that two-thirds of people would back a united Ireland if a referendum was held tomorrow.
• A man’s extradition to the UK on sexual assault charges should be refused because of the Brexit vote, a lawyer has told the High Court.
• Two people have been arrested over an assault in Leitrim that left a man fighting for his life.
• A former Fine Gael councillor lost an appeal against his conviction for receiving corrupt payments.
• A Michelin star restaurateur has hit out at the “crazy drinking” that affects his business during the Galway Races.
• An Irish man has been detained at an infamous Australian detention centre after having his working visa cancelled.
• A change in the law will today see almost 800 people walk away from bankruptcy.

WORLD

Pope Francis walks through the gates of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz--Birkenau. Czarek Sokolowski?PA Images Czarek Sokolowski?PA Images

#DNC: Hillary Clinton officially accepted the nomination of her party as the father of a dead soldier delivered a powerful challenge to Donald Trump.

#FRANCE: The French Prime Minister has said it was a “failure” that one of the attackers who killed a priest earlier this week had been released with an electronic tag.

#WIKILEAKS: Chelsea Manning could be placed in solitary confinement following a suicide attempt earlier this month.

INNOVATION

• Today is the last day you can upgrade to Windows 10 for free. 

PARTING SHOT

Once is currently showing at The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. In a wonderfully made video, its cast have spoken about what they love the city.