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

The scene after the Manx2 flight crashed at Cork Airport in 2011. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

IRELAND

• Seven people were injured in a crush outside Copper Face Jacks nightclub in Dublin last night.
• The Public Accounts Committee is to hear from a garda whistleblower in private this Thursday.
• Tiredness and ‘inadequate training’ of crew contributed to the Manx2 crash at Cork Airport, a report has found.
• A landmark European court judgement found the Irish State liable for sexual abuse suffered by Louise O’Keeffe.
• The National Children’s Hospital is to get two ‘satellite’ units – but the plan was criticised.
• AIB declined to comment on the issue of a bonus plan for top executives.
• 2013 was officially our best year for tourism since 2008 – thanks to The Gathering.
• A school policy could be discriminatory to Travellers because it gives priority to students whose fathers were past pupils, a court was told.
• RTÉ said it would not be commenting on claims that damages were paid over comments made on the Saturday Night Show.
• Outpatient waiting lists dropped by 95 per cent in the last year, Minister James Reilly announced.
• An independent commission is to examine if electricity power lines can go underground.
• If you’re under 25 and don’t accept some JobBridge internships, you could face a dole cut.
• A man became the first person to be imprisoned because of having ASBOs in Ireland.
• 47 jobs are to go due to the closure of a Wexford company. [RTÉ]

WORLD

Police search the River Ouse in York as they look for missing student Megan Roberts. Pic: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

#ENGLAND Police swept a river in the search for Megan Roberts, a missing student aged 20.

#NETHERLANDS A ban on Pirate Bay was lifted by a Dutch court.

#HONG KONG Over 20,000 chickens were killed in Hong Kong over bird flu fears.

#LONDON A former News of the World journalist hacked Daniel Craig’s phone, he told a court.

#EUROPE Two days of air traffic control strikes are due in a number of European countries.

INNOVATION

Pic: David Parry/ PA Wire.

• What can Dungeons and Dragons teach you about management? A lot, according to this man. [qz.com]
• What’s more important: your TV, laptop or smartphone? Here’s what these young people said.

PARTING SHOT

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The Challenger Disaster occurred on this date in 1986. This CNN video captures the live newsfeed footage the tragic event, in which seven people died. [YouTube]