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

IRELAND

Jessica Walsh (5) from Ranelagh looks at a model of Goulding House on the Dargle River at the launch of the RIAI Simon Open Door campaign. Architects nationwide will offer one hour consultations to the public for a donation of €55 every cent of which goes directly to the Simon Communities in Ireland. Mark Stedman Mark Stedman

• An appeal was made for an Irish woman missing in Scotland
• Dunnes staff vowed to escalate their dispute with the retailer
• Commuters will be hit by bus strikes over the May Bank Holiday
• Plans to use O’Devaney Gardens as homeless accommodation were voted down
• Gardaí appealed for information on the recent wildfire in Killarney
• An Irish canoeist died in an accident in Slovenia
• Swedish police warned people about Irish builders
• Former President Mary McAleese came out in favour of same-sex marriage
• Radical plans to reform the Seanad were unveiled
• A man was given 12 years for a manslaughter in Cavan [RTÉ]

INTERNATIONAL

The Scrap Trident Coalition today blocked all entrances to the HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which is home to the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#AMERICA: A video emerged of a 73-year-old police reserve shooting a man dead after mistaking his gun for his taser.

#GERMANWINGS: A Germanwings flight from Germany to Italy was evacuated shortly before take-off after authorities received a bomb threat.

#CLINT-IN: The reaction to Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she wants to be President of America continued, with one opponent calling her “a leader from yesterday”.

INNOVATION

• Want to jam with a Rolling Stone? Here’s how you can
• DVDs are finished. The Simpsons says so

PARTING SHOT

Peel your potatoes, but quicker.