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

IRELAND

Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald speaking at today's publication of the independent review on the Department of Justice and Equality. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Former Fianna Fáil Senator Ivor Callely has been sentenced to five months in prison for making false expenses claims.
• An independent review of the Department of Justice has found that it is driven by a “closed, secretive and silo driven culture”.
• Up to 50,000 people in Ireland could be infected by Hepatitis C - though many may not know they have it.
• Gardaí are appealing to the Polish community for help in solving the killing of Patryk Krupa.
• An estimated 3,780 women in Ireland have undergone female genital mutilation.
• Two Irish men died in an accident while climbing the Mont Blanc mountain range in France at the weekend
• Israel’s embassy in Ireland has deleted a picture from its social media which depicted Molly Malone in Muslim clothing.

INTERNATIONAL

A woman in costume poses by a coconut stall at London Dungeon's Carivale show. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UKRAINE: Black boxes from Flight MH17 show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the plane to crash.

#GAZA: Here is the Jon Snow report on Gaza that sparked a huge reaction online recently. Three children were reportedly killed in Israeli raids on Gaza this evening.

#SWARMING: A swarm of insects has grown so large in the US that it can be seen on radar.

INNOVATION

•  Amazon has launched a 3D pinting store for creating personalised items.
• A Bluetooth-enabled shoe that connects to Google Maps has been developed in India. [TechCrunch]

PARTING SHOT

Colombian artist Diana Beltran Herrera has created these incredibly realistic depictions of different bird species – using paper. [Wired]