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

Garth Brooks with fans Marie Mckeown, right, and Eilish Costantino both from Forkhill, Co Armagh. Pic: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• RTÉ has received almost 850 complaints to date about the appearance of Panti and the apology to the Iona Institute.
• Proposed legislation that would allow same-sex couples to adopt was published by the government.
• The Saturday Night Show is to hold a debate about homophobia this Saturday.
• Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe gave evidence for three hours to the PAC today.
• Judges say they want to change how judges are appointed, to maintain the impartiality of the judiciary.
• Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to speak about the Ballymurphy Massacre with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
• The Health Minister has called for a report into the deaths of babies at a Portlaoise hospital.
• Louise O’Keeffe has asked the Taoiseach to act on an apology he made to her this morning,
• Garth Brooks tickets went on sale… and hundreds of thousands of people bought them around the country. So many that a third date was added.
• Gardaí seized 15,000 pairs of fake UGG boots in Cork.
• A missing Celbridge man, Terry Lawlor, could be in London, say gardaí.
• Laya Healthcare is to increase its prices by 20 per cent by 1 March.

WORLD

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Pic: AP Photo/The Lowell Sun & Robin Young

#BOSTON Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Boston bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

#MANCHESTER A football coach was jailed for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl on his team.

#ITALY The thieves who stole a vial of Pope John Paul II’s blood might have thrown it away.

#LONDON A man was reunited with the person who talked him down from jumping from a bridge, thanks to a viral campaign.

INNOVATION

• Facebook is to launch its new curated visual news reader in just a matter of days. [TechCrunch]
• Fancy the idea of a solar-powered Macbook? There’s a patent for that.

PARTING SHOT

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