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

IRISH 

One Direction fans jump after buying tickets in St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre this morning. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• It was absolutely freezing. And won’t be better tomorrow.
• The Love Ulstermarchers announced they’re coming back
• Shots were fired at a house in Kinsale, County Cork
• Two men in balaclavas were arrested at a church
• Calls were made for people to protest againstwater charges
• The Defence Minister said Lebanon will pursue justice for two Irish soldiers killed in 1980
• The Presidentwent on a State visit to China
• Irish musicians released a charity singlein aid of homeless people
• The funeral arrangements for Jackie Healy Rae were released

INTERNATIONAL

Luke Somers, 33, an American photojournalist who was kidnapped over a year ago by al-Qaeda. Thejournal Thejournal

#YEMEN: A US journalist was killed by militants during an operation aimed at freeing him from Al-Qaeda kidnappers in Yemen.

#BIG COUCH: The Vatican found hundreds of millions of euro it had “tucked away”.

#HAGUPIT: A major typhoon made landfall in the Philippines, threatening more devastation for the country.

#AL-QAEDA: Pakistani soldiers killed a major Al-Qaeda leader.

INNOVATION

• What smartphone plan should you get? [TheJournal.ie]
• Looking for apps? Here are the week’s best [TheJournal.ie]
• This app makes you talk to a stranger as soon as you wake up. Yuck. [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Some people don’t believe that rape is as big a problem as it is made out. Here’s how bad it is in the US.