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

IRISH

Joan Burton, Tanaiste and Minister for Social Protection, with student Aoibhin O'Neill from Kerry as they have a selfie taken at the first day of the 51st annual BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Leinster GAA defended holding a match in Athy the day after a fatal crash
• A private service was held in Carlow for the Athy crash victims
• Not everyone is happy about Frank Flannery’s possible return to Fine Gael
• There were over 400 reports of racism in Ireland over 12 months
• Ireland’s new Canadian Ambassador is a genuine hero 
• The Bloody Sunday murders will be reinvestigated at a new inquiry 
• Micheál Martin slammed Health Minister Leo Varadkar over the hospital overcrowding crisis
• A turbine blade fell to the round at a wind farm in Co Kerry
• A weather warning is in place this evening – expect gusty winds and coastal flooding
• A move to stop Irish people voting in the UK election has been called “perverse”
• Gardaí seized €30k of cocaine in Dublin, and arrested two people
• The FSAI hit 96 businesses with food safety closures last year

INTERNATIONAL

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#FRANCE There will be 1,000,000 copies of Charlie Hebdo published next week. Police are still hunting two of the suspected gunmen after yesterday’s shooting.

#FLORIDA A man faces a murder charge after throwing his daughter (5) from a bridge

#UK Convicted rapist Ched Evans issued an apology after Oldham pulled out of a deal to sign him

#USA Comedian Bill Cosby, who faces sexual assault allegations, received a standing ovation after a show

#NIGERIA Extremists Boko Haram razed 16 towns, killing at least 100 people

INNOVATION

• Want to buy an iOS app? Be warned that the prices will go up within the next 12 hours. [TheGuardian]
• The hotel from the Shining wants you to enter a competition to design its new maze [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

A sobering look at the number of journalists who have died across the world in recent years. [Reuters]