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

IRELAND

A picture Colum Foley sent in entitled Spring in Dunshaughlin Colum Foley Colum Foley

• Dissident republicans want to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising by ‘killing police officers’, the PSNI has said.
• A prisoner is on the loose this evening after absconding from Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow. 
• A poll has found that more want Micheál Martin to be Taoiseach than Enda Kenny (but that some people also want Kanye West to be Taoiseach). 
• A prison officer has been hospitalised in Belfast today after a car bomb exploded. 
• A Wexford Couple who were convicted of killing a 59-year-old MS sufferer by neglect have had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal. 
• It looks like a rough weekend ahead, with sleet, snow and sub-zero temperatures on the way. 
• Leo Varadkar has responded to a dig from Alan Shatter by saying the former justice minister was being “charming as always” when he questioned his role on Fine Gael’s communications committee.
• Gerry Adams has received an apology from the Irish Independent over their reporting of comments he made at a fundraising speech. 

INTERNATIONAL

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, who were married today Yui Mok / PA Wire Yui Mok / PA Wire / PA Wire

#UK: A pregnant woman has been airlifted to hospital after being stabbed in the West Midlands.

#UNITED STATES: Police in LA have said that they are testing a knife found at the home of OJ Simpson. 

#BRAZIL: The country’s former president Lula was held by police today as part of a massive fraud investigation. 

INNOVATION

• A new bazooka-type contraption allows people to capture drones with nets from 100 metres away. 
• Changes to Facebook’s tax dealings could mean significant amounts of cash moving out of Ireland. 

PARTING SHOT

Going out this evening for a few quiet beverages? Try and make sure that you keep it down on your way in… [Daily Edge]