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

New Irish Citizen Aliona Kosiakova, originally from Lithunia, shows off her Irish-themed nails at the Convention Centre in Dublin. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• A court heard Elaine O’Hara told her father she was seeing a married man.
• A report claims penalty points are still being unfairly cancelled.
• One politician in Leinster House made €2,000 worth of calls to Kenya.
• An investigation is underway into the care of seven babies at Portiunacula Hospital.
• Leo Varadkar told us the country’s 25 health priorities for the year.
• In Dublin a person was struck by a train.
• A taxi driver was stabbed in an early morning attack.
• Twenty-six Irish people are to be deported from Australia over an alleged home repair scam.
• A Dublin-based company said they will create 100 new jobs.
• The euro has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in 11 years.
• Ireland welcomed its newest citizens at a ceremony in Dublin.

WORLD

Tora, one of the show jumping rabbits, in action at Burgess Premier Small Animal Show, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Steve Parkin / PA Steve Parkin / PA / PA

#PARIS: The gunman in the supemarket shooting was buried in an unmarked grave.

#PAGE 3: The Sun’s head of PR apologised for a tweet after getting death threats.

#EL SALVADOR: The woman who was jailed for miscarrying her baby was released.

#SAUDI ARABIA: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died in hospital.

#IMMORTAL: Queen Elizabeth is now the world’s oldest monarch.

INNOVATION

• A team of Scottish scientists slowed down the speed of light. [BBC]
• A working teleporter of sorts has been invented in Germany [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

This chart by Vox shows the 12 actors that voice over 100 Simpsons characters. Did you know, for example, that Don Castellaneta voices 26 of the characters?