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

Part of Dolphin's Barn flats, which are undergoing demolition work.

IRELAND

• Karen Buckley’s killer Alexander Pacteau has dropped his appeal against his 23-year sentence
• Ireland was €343 million in the black at the end of last month, according to the latest exchequer returns
• Senator Paul Bradford said he regrets if people were offended by his comments yesterday on fatal foetal abnormalities
• A formerly homeless rapper is donating the proceeds from his new single to two homeless charities 
• The father of missing man Gussie Shanahan spoke about the search for his son
• A woman’s injury claim was thrown out after fitness photos of her were shown in court
• There were no convictions over 50 abuse allegations against religious orders
• Former Fine Gael TD Sean Conlan was charged over a pub assault
• A woman pleaded guilty to attempting to abduct a child from a creche
• Almost 100 jobs are to go as SuperValu closes stores in Carlow and Tipperary
• Denis O’Brien is selling his Topaz service station empire to a Canadian firm
• Garda killer Pearse McAuley was sentenced to jail over a knife attack on his estranged wife

INTERNATIONAL

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#CALIFORNIA Twenty victims were reported after a shooting in California, and ‘heavily armed’ shooters are said to be at large

#AFGHANISTAN A man has been held at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years over a case of mistaken identity

#SYRIA Bashar al-Assad has said there is one quick way to achieve peace in Syria

#COPENHAGEN A polar bear was shot with rubber bullets to stop it attacking a man who jumped into its enclosure

#TURKEY Russia accused Turkey’s Prime Minister of buying oil from Isis

INNOVATION

• Ever wondered what it’s like to try virtual reality headsets? Our reporter Quinton O’Reilly gave some of the new ones a try. [TheJournal.ie]
• Here’s a video from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on what they want for their daughter. [Facebook]

PARTING SHOT

We all love Adele’s song Hello – even dogs. (via Mashable)

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