Updated at 11.31pm

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

[Photocall Ireland]

IRISH

• Ex-solicitor Thomas Byrne [above, right] was sentenced to 12 years in jail
• There were more problems for customers of Ulster Bank
• A second arrest was made over last week’s Phoenix Park murder
• The CRC said the HSE had signed-off on lottery funding going towards salaries
• Two men were arrested over the killing of prison officer David Black
• There was an appeal for help tracing a missing Dublin teen
• There was a warning that stealing electricity cables is ‘very dangerous‘
• Aviva announced it’s increasing health insurance premiums by 5.2 per cent
• The ASTI said there’d be “strong action” if teachers were made redundant
• The shooting of a puppy was reported to gardaí
• Japan ended its 12-year ban on Irish beef
• BoI and AIB passed Central Bank balance sheet assessments
• Irish Rail apologised after passengers had to stand up all the way to Sligo
• And, in sport, Giovanni Trapattoni had some things to say about the Ireland team

WORLD

[PA Wire/Press Association Images]

#SCOTLAND A ninth body was found at the Clutha pub in Glasgow, scene of Friday’s horrific helicopter crash [above]

#UKRAINE Protesters took over several buildings in Kiev after the President scrapped a pact with the EU in favour of closer Russian ties

#USA An investigation was launched into yesterday’s fatal train derailment in New York.

#BRITAIN Olympic medallist Tom Daley came out, via a heartfelt Youtube message

INNOVATION

• A PS4 costs the equivalent of €1,300 in Brazil. Many gamers have boycotted stores over the price, but one man was first in line and has no regrets [Buzzfeed]
• This is pretty cool — Researchers at MIT have developed a camera that can create 3D images in almost pitch-black conditions [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

Met Éireann forecaster Evelyn Cusack is on a one-woman crusade against part-time ‘meteorologists’ who claim they can tell what the weather is going to do by, say, observing squirrels for a given period of time, or feeling how firm the elderberries are.

She had a few things to say on the subject in last night’s forecast after the 9 o’clock news.

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Point taken.

First posted at 9.26pm