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

Gerry Adams speaking to the media at Leinster House, the day after his brother Liam was found guilty of child sex abuse charges. Niall Carson/PA Wire/Press Association Images

IRISH

• A number of ducks were decapitated in Edenderry – and Love/Hate is being blamed.
• The Government has promised a draft sex offenders bill by the end of the month.
• Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has hit out at what he described as a ‘witch hunt’ against him.
• Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark jellyfish were spotted off the coast of Mayo.
• An Aer Lingus Regional flight burst a tyre after landing at Cardiff Airport.
• Steve Carson is set to leave RTÉ for the BBC.
• A man was rescued off the coast of Inishbofin, but sadly died.
• A 20-year-old murder case has been reopened by police in Belfast.
• A baseball bat attack has led to a social media warning from gardai.
• A appeal for a man named Kieran McLaughlin was made after a Derry shooting.
• The Pro-Life Campaign moved its conference to the RDS due to ‘exceptional demand’.

INTERNATIONAL

Gallery assistants position Picasso’s ‘Tete de femme’ valued at $20 to $30 million, which is part of a third of a billion pounds worth of art on show at Sotheby’s Frieze Week Exhibition in London. Pic: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

#SICILY A boat believed to carrying migrants sank off the coast of Sicily.

#SOUTH AFRICA A man was killed in a shark attack off the South African coast.

#LIBYA A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish and Finnish consulates. No one was killed.

#VATICAN The Vatican had to withdraw a medal over a miss-spelling of the word Jesus.

#USA Obama has held talks with the Republicans in a bid to end the US federal shutdown.

#NORWAY The OPCW has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its work eliminating chemical weapons.

INNOVATION

• Skype is under investigation by the Luxembourg data protection commissioner. Why? Because it is concerned about the service’s involvement with Prism, run by the US National Security Agency (NSA). [The Guardian]
• In order to fight piracy (and spoilers), the series the Walking Dead is to broadcast episodes for international viewers online within 24 hours of them being shown on US TV. [qz.com]

PARTING SHOT

Is the internet a bad, bad thing? That seems to be what David Byrne (Talking Heads legend) believes. Here’s his article on the subject. [The Guardian]

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