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

IRELAND

Raquel of magic show The Illusionists as the group prepares for a show at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin. Brian McEvoy Brian McEvoy

• A Coast Guard helicopter crashed off the coast of Mayo and three crew members are still missing.
• A fourth, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, was recovered but died shortly afterwards.
• A new report has produced some stinging criticism of the €1.6 billion sale of Nama’s Project Eagle.
• The funeral mass of Bishop Eamonn Casey will take place in Galway’s main cathedral.
• A Tipperary beauty products plant is to close affecting some 200 workers.
• A warning was issued over fake alcohol after the hospitalisation of a man with methanol poisoning.
• Ibrahim Halawa’s family have said that he is “dying” in prison.
• Irish flights to the east coast of the US have been affected by Storm Stella.
• Two young brothers who appeared in a Prime Time exposé about conditions in creches were awarded €48,000 in damages.
• The Bank of China has applied to set up an Irish branch.
• Day one of Cheltenham racing festival was a good one for Ireland, particularly 17-year-old Dingle jockey Jack Kennedy.

WORLD

People walk through the snow on The National Mall in Washington DC. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#LANDMARK CASE: The EU’s top court has ruled that individual companies are allowed implement a ban on headscarves if they desire.

#WIRES CROSSED: White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that Donald Trump did not literally mean wire-tapping when he claimed Barack Obama tapped his phone.

#SCREEN TIME: Children who watch TV or use phones or tablets for more than three hours a day have a higher chance of contracting diabetes.

PARTING SHOT

There they are, the whole family. Professor Robert E Kelly has spoken about that viral interview alongside his wife, Jung-a Kim and their famous children Marion and James.