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

IRISH

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• Ireland became the first EU country allowed to sell beef to the US since the BSE ban
• 724,000 people tuned in to watch Charlie on RTÉ One – but Mary O Rourke was ‘a bit troubled’ by its depiction of her brother Brian Lenihan
• A man died in an industrial accident in a Kilkenny quarry
• An Irishman cried as he was bailed in Sydney over allegedly punching his brother who is in a coma
• A Dublin pub has begun ‘Welfare Wednesday’ drink deals
• The search for a missing Donegal man entered its fourth day 
• Two convicted IRA bombers were arrested in Spain for smuggling
• The average asking price for a house in Ireland is now €193,000
• The trial of Ibrahim Halawa is to get underway in Egypt
• The cleanest town in Ireland was named as Kilkenny (again)
• UTV Ireland aired its first news bulletin – here was the reaction
• Jenny Kelly and Will Hanafin are to join Ray D’Arcy at RTÉ

INTERNATIONAL

Car carrier Hoegh Osaka after she became stranded on Bramble Bank, in the Solent between Southampton and the Isle of Wight in the UK Andrew Matthews Andrew Matthews

#INDIA India elected its first transgender mayor, in Raigarh

#EGYPT The tomb of a mysterious Pharaoh queen was discovered

#UK The UK nurse who has Ebola is critical but has stabilised

#GLASGOW A teacher who was killed in last month’s bin lorry crash was laid to reast

#AIRASIA Icy weather was likely the ‘triggering factor’ of the AirAsia crash

#USA Hundreds of people have been summoned for jury selection in the Boston bombings trial

INNOVATION

• Google was asked to remove 345 million ‘pirate’ links in 2014 –  an increase of a whopping 75%. [TheJournal.ie]
• Have a child who loves apps? Here are 10 of the top kids’ apps trends for 2015. [Guardian.co.uk]

PARTING SHOT

The Brownie camera was a revelation – it enabled anyone to take a photo using a small and simple cardboard box. Here’s a fascinating history of this revolutionary camera. [BBC]