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

IRELAND

Race horses returning from morning excerise on the Curragh Plains in the week prior to the Cheltenham Festival. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Gardaí seized cash and over 20 high-powered cars in an operation targeting the Kinahan crime cartel in Dublin.
• The HSE reached a settlement with the husband of Savita Halappanavar. (RTÉ)
• An Irish man is in the “fight of his life” following a car accident in Australia.
• The Dáil meets for the first time tomorrow, but there’s no sign of a government.
• An Irish plastic surgeon had a go at Disney’s Princess Elsa from Frozen.
• Ryanair announced that it is set to launch its own private jet charter.
• A ‘lost’ painting by Irish artist Francis Bacon went up for auction.
• Travel guide Lonely Planet released a list of the top 21 things to do in Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL

Bison at Yellowstone National Park are to be slaughtered because of concerns over disease. Matthew Brown / PA Images Matthew Brown / PA Images / PA Images

#FIFTH BEATLE: George Martin, famed for his work with The Beatles, died aged 90.

#WHITE HOUSE: Bernie Sanders squeaked past Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary, but the former First Lady walloped him in Mississippi.

#HATTON GARDEN: The Irish plumber convicted over a £14 million heist in London was spared jail, but five others were went down for a combined 34 years.

INNOVATION

• A Google AI machine beat a board game world champion. Here’s why it’s a big deal. 
• Samsung is launching its new Galaxy S7 range, complete with virtual reality.

PARTING SHOT

With a history dating back to the 1670s, one of the Great Lighthouses of Ireland at Loop Head will reopen to the public this Saturday.

Loop Head Lighthouse,on the Loop Head Peninsula in County Clare.