Updated 23.10pm

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

(Image An Garda Síochanna Facebook page)

IRELAND

• A report into the penalty points system found “widespread” breaches of policy, with the Garda Inspectorate saying nobody was “watching the store”.
• Friday’s airport strikes have been called off.
• Some parents on the Gateway scheme will take home less than €2 extra.
• Rehab gave over more information to the PAC.
• Gardaí were called to a protest on same-sex marriage in NUIG.
• A man has been arrested after a woman’s body was found in a house in Dublin on Sunday.
• A man was sentenced to 20 months for killing a 14-year-old boy in a hit-and-run. [RTE]
• Good news for Irish bond yields as they hit a record low today.
• A referendum could be held in May on whether Dublin should have a directly-elected mayor.

WORLD

The scene of a gas explosion in New York today. (Image: FDNY)

#NEW YORK: A gas explosion has killed two people and injured 18 in Harlem.

#MALAYSIA AIRLINES: The last radio transmission from the cockpit of the missing plane has been disclosed.

#LOUISIANA: A man who was on death row for 26 years was freed from prison after a judge said he was innocent.

INNOVATION

• A tech-savvy hospital in Boston have developed Google Glasses which lets ER doctors scan a QR code on the wall of each room to call up information about patients. [arstechnica]
• An art project is scanning brains so that signals from people’s brains can be turned into a 3D prints. [The Verge]

PARTING SHOT

Ever wondered how you would go about using half a million cubes of sugar to build a castle. These Irish sculptors show us how it’s done. [Wired.com]

First published 9.00pm

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