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

IRELAND

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• Investigators have recovered the black box flight recorder from missing Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116.
• There was major disruption to Irish Rail services this morning as some workers refused to pass the Bus Éireann picket.
• Roy Webster has been convicted of the murder of Anne Shortall by a unanimous jury verdict and sentenced to life imprisonment.
• The High Court has cleared the way for the state to deport a man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism.
• A British father-of-five has been convicted of murdering ‘gentle giant’ Irish plasterer John O’Neill after a row at a Costa del Sol bar.
• Richie Boucher, the man who led Bank of Ireland back into the black, is stepping down.
• A man has died after being knocked off his bike in the early hours of this morning.
• The HSE boss yesterday apologised to TDs for telling them that no health worker involved in the Grace case was still in public service.
• The family of a man who suffered a serious heart attack in Canada is pleading with the public to help bring him back to Ireland.
• Met Éireann has forecast that we’re in for a fine weekend, with sunny spells and temperatures as high as 16 degrees in some areas.

INTERNATIONAL

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#UK: British police have released an image of the London attacker as part of an appeal for information about the man’s motivation, preparation and his associates.

#US: President Donald Trump pulled his Obamacare repeal bill off the House floor today after it became clear the measure would fail badly.

#POLAND: Eleven men and women in their twenties slaughtered a sheep and took their clothes off at the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau today.

PARTING SHOT 

The poppy sculpture Weeping Window by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper was unveiled outside the Maritime Museum in Hull today.

It’s part of a UK-wide tour organised by 14-18 NOW, the arts programme for the First World War centenary.