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

MCM Ireland Comic Con brought some interesting characters to Dublin 4 today. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• Several thousand people marched in support of the Irish language in Belfast.
• Amnesty International Ireland voted not to cut their director’s €100k salary.
• Gardaí found cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy in Kildare.
• Thomas Byrne told us why he thinks you should vote for him.
• Marchers took aim at the JobBridge scheme in Dublin City.
• Three Donegal men want to drive Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’.
• Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe is still being harassed a TD has claimed.
• TV3 will broadcast the 2015 Rugby World Cup after beating competition from RTÉ.

INTERNATIONAL

The Hillsborough stadium marks 25th anniversary of the disaster. PA Wire PA Wire

#JFT96: English football remembered the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster. Irish fans did the same.

#UKRAINE: Two Government buildings were seized by masked men in the east of Ukraine.

#MH370: It emerged that a co-pilot of flight MH370 tried to make a mid-flight call over Penang Island just before the plane went off the radar.

#DOGNAPPED: A UK-wide search was launched after five chihuahuas including a Crufts winner were stolen from a house in the English village of Lisset.

INNOVATION

• Instagram is down, people aren’t happy. [Mashable]
• Rumours about Amazon’s smartphone are growing, June is the latest prediction. [The Verge]  

PARTING SHOT

(Youtube: U.S. Geological Survey)

The death toll from the landslide in Washington has reached 36, with 8 people still unaccounted for. This video shows how the mound of earth that covered nearly an entire square mile hurtled towards the town of Oso at nearly 100 km/h. [Wired]