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

IRISH

Anne Ferris TD voted against Government and her own party today. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Labour TD, Anne Ferris, defied the government and supported the proposed legislation allowing an abortion in cases where there is a fatal foetal abnormality.
• A man was rushed to hospital after being hit by a Luas.
• Two men who met Elaine O’Hara through a fetish website told the court about the encounters.
• Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said he is concerned’ about reports into child protection.
• Supermac’s has run into trouble with fast-food giant McDonalds.
• Four people arrested in connection with last November’s protest in Jobstown were released without charge.
• Guinness is launching a new lager.
• A man was arrested in connection with the killing of a man in Cabra.
• The Saturday Night Show beat the Late Late Show in the ratings war.
• One person was arrested after a bomb hoax on board a Shannon-bound plane.

INTERNATIONAL

Femen activist is led away by police officers outside the court where Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on trial. Christophe Ena Christophe Ena

#FRANCE: Dominique Strauss-Kahn has denied knowing the women he had orgies with were prostitutes.

#UK: An amateur archaeologist found one of Britain’s largest buried treasure finds with his metal detector.

#USA: President Barack Obama confirmed the death of aid worker, Kayla Jean Muller, who was held by Islamic State.

INNOVATION

• Here’s how you can make your internet experience that little bit safer.
• The world’s biggest solar telescope is being built. [ScienceDaily]

PARTING SHOT

These transparent eggs let scientists watch embryos grow [Geek.com]