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

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IRISH

• It was revealed that garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe has handed over evidence to GSOC that gardaí are still cancelling penalty points. 
• 15-year-old Sait Canbullu was located safe and well in Sligo.
• A unit in Mounjoy Prison was closed on foot of a damning report.
• Gardaí are investigating an alleged sexual assault in Waterford.
• Most people think the country is generally on the right track.
• Road deaths in Northern Ireland this year have already reached last year’s total.

WORLD

Mitch Winehouse looks at a statue of his late daughter, Amy Winehouse after it was unveiled in Camden's Stables Market, in London. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#ISLAMIC STATE: British hostage David Haines was beheaded in the most recent video released by militants.

#SCOTLAND: The latest opinion polls show the Scottish independence referendum result is on a knife-edge.

#NORTH KOREA: An American man was sentenced to six years for hard labour for “hostile acts”.

#TOUGH GRANNY: A pensioner in Kent fought off a mugger by punching him in the mouth.

INNOVATION

• Unhappy with that new app you just bought? Here’s how to get your money back… 
• Engineers have made a battery-free radio that is the size of an ant. [The Verge]

PARTING SHOT

US astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this beautiful view of the Milky Way from the International Space Station today.

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