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

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IRELAND

• Mark Nash was sentenced to life for the brutal murder of two women at Grangegorman
• Deputy Joan Collins was arrested at a Dublin anti-water charges protest 
• Graham Dwyer was sentenced to life in prison 
• Elaine O’Hara’s family said that for them, “there is no parole”
• Gardaí said the use of a garda station in a marriage referendum photocall was not appropriate
• Two post offices were targeted in armed robberies
• The last words of a deceased woman were played for the jury in an assisted suicide court case 
• Bus strikes will take place over seven days next month
• Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin had a row on Morning Ireland 
• Mary O’Rourke said she is putting the Banking Inquiry ‘under notice’ about Brian Lenihan evidence
• Michael Noonan will be loosening the exchequer’s purse strings in the next Budget

INTERNATIONAL

A migrant is helped disembark in the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo, Italy, early Monday, AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UK A couple were arrested after trying to bring their children to Syria to join Islamic State 

#MEDITERRANEAN Another migrant boat has run aground, with at least 20 people reported dead

#ETHIOPIA A new Isis video purports to show the massacre of Christians

#SPAIN A teen, said to be armed with a knife and crossbow, killed a teacher in Barcelona 

#EGYPT A bellydancer was jailed for six months because her outfit looked like the Egyptian flag

INNOVATION

• The largest known structure in the universe is, well, a very big hole, according to scientists. [The Guardian]
• Mobilegeddon will take place on Google tomorrow – here’s what it is and why it matters to Irish businesses. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

The winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes have been named. Get readin’ here.