Updated 23.30

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

John O'Neill and Peter Hogan play fast and loose with the rules of perspective on Tonlegee, Co Wicklow. Daragh Brophy / TheJournal.ie Daragh Brophy / TheJournal.ie / TheJournal.ie

IRISH

• Minister Leo Varadkar spoke publicly about being gay.
• A five-month-old baby boy died following a car crash.
• Up to 5cm of snow was forecast.
• Foul play was ruled out in the death of a woman in Limerick.
• Gerry Adams said he hasn’t given any thought to becoming Taoiseach.
• An Independent TD denied he’s planning to set up another new party.
• Three people were arrested after a late-night car chase.
• Concerns were raised over the use of JobBridge interns to teach jobseeker classes.

WORLD

Alexander, 35, looks through a broken window of his flat, hit by Ukrainian Army Artillery, in the Voroshilovsky area, center of Donetsk. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#BELGIUM: The mastermind of the jihadist cell raided earlier this week is ‘still at large’.

#CAMEROON: Boko Haram is believed to have kidnapped 60 people.

#FRANCE: The Kouachi brothers were given secret burials in unmarked graves.

#GOLAN HEIGHTS: Several Hezbollah fighters were killed by an Israeli airstrike. [The Jerusalem Post]

#PHILIPPINES: Six million people attended the Pope’s mass in Manila.

#UNITED STATES: Shots were fired near US Vice-President Joe Biden’s home. [CBS News]

INNOVATION

• Facebook is revealing its artificial intelligence tools. [TNW]
• A drone to kill other drones is being developed. [Geek]
• Twitter has fewer users than you might think. [Business Insider]

PARTING SHOT

Here’s a moonwalking traffic policeman in India.

Originally publishat at 22.00