Updated 11.58 PM

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

Arati Saravanan (9), Neha Ann Joseph (8), Anjali Sivananda Kumar (8) and Harini Meenakshi Sundaram (9) are pictured at the CHQ, Dublin, to raise funds for Global Schoolroom. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• A banking inquiry could be established as early as next week with public sittings before the end of the year.
• Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is being interviewed by the PSNI over the Jean McConville murder.
• Jordan Buckley (19) from Dublin was charged with possession of a sword at Leinster House yesterday.
• The unemployment rate fell for the 22nd month in a row in April.
• The next census will be held on the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
• A passenger died on New York flight from Rome that was diverted to Shannon.
• John Waters told Today FM that he left The Irish Times in part because of ‘freeloader’ internet commenters.
• The head of the Garda Representative Association PJ Stone said that Martin Callinan was sacked by the government on a political whim.
• Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan told the Dáil he and Garda whistleblower John Wilson were followed by an unmarked Garda car today when they visited GSOC.
• Construction on a planned €550 million motorway between Tuam and Gort in Galway is due to begin in May.
• Taoiseach Enda Kenny has claimed that the Cabinet did not discuss water charges at their meeting this morning due to “a very long agenda”.

INTERNATIONAL

Bob Hoskins died following pneumonia at the age of 71. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#INQUEST: Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose according to a report in tomorrow’s London Times.

#DEATH PENALTY: A US death row inmate writhed in agony and mumbled incoherently in a botched execution before dying of a heart attack.

#SYRIA: Around 60 people were killed in Syria’s Damascus and Homs yesterday.

#CHINA: A bomb and knife attack in China has left three dead and 79 others injured. [BBC]

INNOVATION

• Did you know that your iPhone keeps a record of everywhere you’ve been? It does, and you can see where. 
• If you’ve ever thought about buy a robot to vaccum your home, here are some of the best one’s you can get. [WSJ]

PARTING SHOT

Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

There’s just over three weeks left before the Local and European Elections, and if you still haven’t made if your mind,  how about letting a quiz help you decide who to vote for. Developed with the help of the Universities of Amsterdam and Twente, the quiz matches your opinions to political parties and is tailored to whatever European country you’re in. You might be surprised who you get.