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

[Photocall Ireland]

IRELAND

• The plan for a directly elected Dublin mayor was scuppered
• There was an appeal after a car exploded
• A man was arrested over a 2005 murder
• Irish troops returned from Syria
• There was a violent protest at the Justice Dept.
• Thousands of homes were left without power in Mayo
• There was a search for a sex offender in Belfast
• There was a sit in protest at Revenue offices
• A Minister’s car was stolen
• Leo Varadkar voiced concern at some GardaGate revelations
• But Alan Shatter wasn’t taking any questions on the issue

WORLD

Isla Roberts, 5, from London with blue Morpho butterflies at the Natural History Museum in London [John Stillwell/PA Wire]

#BAD NEIGHBOURS: North Korea fired shells across its maritime border with South Korea

#MH370: The Malaysian Government gave a new official account of the last words spoken from the cockpit of flight MH370.

#UKRAINE: Vladimir Putin has ordered a ‘partial‘ pull out from Ukraine, according to Germany. [BBC]

INNOVATION

• ‘That’s not a beer mat…’: A Cork pub is providing customers with iPads
• And Samsung and Apple are returning to court

PARTING SHOT

All tuckered out after a busy Monday at work? Planning an early night to catch up on your beauty sleep?

These Perfect Loop gifs from artist David Ope will make you feel very very sleepy…

[David Ope] Hat tip: The Washington Post