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

Four-year-old Haley O'Brien laying flowers to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings on Talbot Street in Dublin today RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Middle-ranking Gardaí marched in Dublin in protest over their pay.
• An official probe has been launched into the case of a teenager who was left in a Cork foster home despite sexual abuse allegations.
• A second man has been arrested over the shooting of Ciara Sheehan in Cork.
• The HSE is to cut what it pays drug companies after the failure of talks.
• A procession took place in Dublin against the prevalence of crime in the inner city.
• One of Tipperary’s biggest employers is going into liquidation.
• Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald says she has put as much information as possible into the public domain in relation to the O’Higgins report.
• There’s no mood for a leadership contest in the Labour Party.
• A Wicklow couple threw a €250,000 Lotto ticket into the bin.
• More than 3,400 Irish women travelled to the UK for abortions in 2015.
• Fans travelling to the European Championships could face French transport strikes.
• The Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day flights cost €37,334.
• A railway line in the south of the country has reopened for the first time in five months after flooding closed it.

Chris Reid, the security chief who has claimed responsibility for the Old Trafford bomb scare, outside his home in Kent holding a device similar to the one left in the stadium Helen William / PA Wire Helen William / PA Wire / PA Wire

WORLD

#MANCHESTER: A security professional has taken sole responsibility for the bomb scare that saw Manchester United’s last match of the season abandoned.

#BBC: The UK broadcaster has stepped back from a commitment to delete its archive of online recipes.

#AUSTRALIA: The country has delayed its ‘backpacker tax’ following complaints.

#CANADA: The country’s prime minister has introduced new laws to protect transgender people.

INNOVATION

• Apple’s latest iOS update is causing serious problems for iPad Pro owners.
• A company tested 61,000 different hard drives, and came up with the most reliable ones. [Geek]
• Windows 10 is planning to pack your Start menu with more ads.

PARTING SHOT

One of the country greats, Guy Clark, died today at the age of 74. The Texan, who had been suffering from ill health, last released an album in 2013.

On Snapchat today: Ever notice those strange holes in the footpath outside old Georgian buildings? What are they for? Check out our story for a tour of some of Dublin’s street curiosities.

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