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

Friends comfort each other at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Markets area of South Belfast. Peter Morrison / AP/PA Peter Morrison / AP/PA / AP/PA

IRISH

• It was the last chance for people to register to vote in the upcoming referendums. 
• Ex-IRA commander Jock Davison was shot dead in Belfast.
• A court heard today a homeless man found dead in the Phoenix Park had €140,000 in his bank account.
• Another English language school closed bringing the total to 16 since April last year.
• A 17-year-old from Dublin went missing.
• Sunday Independent columnist John Drennan left the paper to work for Renua.
• Liam Adams lost his appeal against his rape conviction.
• People have offered to pray for Leo Varadkar‘s soul.
• Peter McVerry said he’d be embarrassed if he was Alan Kelly.
• The Grangegorman squatters can stay there for another week.
• Someone sent homophobic hate mail to Brendan Courtney.
• Irish men are the sexiest in the world, apparently.

WORLD

Nepalese flower vendors wait for customers at the Basantapur Durbar Square, damaged in the April 25 earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. Bernat Armangue / PA Bernat Armangue / PA / PA

#TEXAS: Islamic State militants said they struck the US for the first time after two gunmen opened fire at an event which showcased cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

#BRITAIN: There are two days to go until the general election and lots of people are still undecided.

#BOSTON: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev broke down in court when his aunt testified.

#INTERPOL: A world alert has been issued warning of the dangers of diet pills.

#PARAGUAY: A 10-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather has been denied an abortion..

#MASSACHUSETTS: Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy was granted bail.

INNOVATION

• A free service on Spotify could be a thing of the past if Apple has its way.
• This is what happens to your body after you die. [Gizmodo]
• This new artificial muscle is made from gold-plated onion skin. [The Verge]

PARTING SHOT

A satellite in space captured some great images of the Sun erupting with a massive bust of hot plasma: