BULLETIN: Thirteen killed in California shooting; Musician and composer Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin passes away

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WORLD: The gunman who injured 11 people inside a Southern California bar is dead, Ventura County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Eric Buschow has said.

IRELAND: High Court grants alleged IRA bomber John Downey bail pending extradition hearing

IRELAND: Tributes have poured in for world-famous Munster musician and composer, Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, who has passed away in Limerick “after a prolonged illness”, his family said.

IRELAND: A former Fine Gael town councillor who received the longest prison sentence for corruption ever handed down by the Irish courts has won his Supreme Court appeal over his conviction.

BUSINESS: Facebook to lease AIB Bank Centre with capacity for 5,000 extra jobs

SPORT: Cork's Mark Keane and Derry’s Anton Tohill were on the training ground this week within hours of getting their Australian adventure underway, determined to pick up the skills that may someday establish them as AFL players with Collingwood.

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FEATURES: Alys Tomlinson’s pictures of local devotion to St Gobnait in Baile Mhúirne, Co Cork, helped her win the World Photographer of the Year prize, writes Pet O’Connell

SHOWBIZ: Bon Jovi have added a second Irish date next summer.

VIRAL: It was a real-life ‘jacks’ drama as firefighters were called upon to free a toddler trapped in a mini toilet seat.