EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the main news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed throughout the day.

• Bertie Ahern will take pride of place in Leinster House this year, in the form of a €10,000 portrait. The painting by artist James Hanley was completed seven years ago – but, as tradition demands, it was not permitted to be hung until Bertie exited the Dáil. Readers at TheJournal.ie have some other ideas about where his portrait should go, however. Check them out here: Where should Bertie’s portrait hang?
• Enda Kenny has said that he made it “perfectly clear” to Ireland’s fellow EU member states that the issue of Ireland’s corporate tax rate is an entirely separate matter to that of the bailout.
• Following Japan’s nuclear emergency, questions have been raised about the medical implications of exposure to radiation. David Dawson of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland explained the possible dangers to TheJournal.ie earlier today.
• ‘Hundreds’ of new jobs are expected to be created in Galway, after an announcement by online gaming company ZeniMax Online Studios.
• Bob Dylan, fallen hippie: the American singer looks far removed from his more ideological days following the announcement that he will play his first ever gig in Vietnam – and sell tickets priced above the equivalent of a month’s wages for a typical local, effectively pricing them out of the event.
• This year’s Tribeca Film Festival features a strong Irish line up – with premieres, short films and appearances organised for the event. The festival will host the world premiere of the Irish feature film Lotus Eaters, directed by Alexandra McGuinness – as well as Domhnall Gleeson’s directorial debut, Noreen.
• Positive thinking is a good thing… right? Well, journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich takes a different view during her talk at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), in which she explores the darker side of “mandatory cheerfulness”, how it contributed to the financial meltdown of 2007, and why delusion is always a mistake…