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

Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, a 2016 Democratic presidential contender, and Mark Green, a former New York mayoral candidate AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

IRELAND

• Barry Lyttle, who punched his brother in an incident in Australia, has returned to Ireland
• A major blaze broke out at a storage unit off the M50
• Brian O’Donnell handed the ‘bloody keys’ of Gorse Hill to Bank of Ireland boss Richie Boucher
• The Poolbeg chimneys are staying

• Michael Noonan rounded on RTÉ over Siteserv FOIs

• A former AIB chief told the banking inquiry that he is “very sorry”
• A plan to cut Universal Social Charge was unveiled by Taoiseach Enda Kenny
• TDs were accused of using Dáil privilege to ’sully the good name’ of gardaí
• Dublin’s same-sex marriage mural was damaged by the weather
• Gardaí warned that a man wanted over rape allegations is in Ireland
• Missing man Jason Hickey‘s family are “worried sick” 
• Radio presenters were slapped on the wrist for talking about the ‘Irish language Taliban’
• Sinn Féin’s Dublin chair stepped down over a row about candidate selection
• The nominations for the IFTAs were announced

INTERNATIONAL

Broken store windows remain as members of the Anne Arundel County Police stand guard at the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#NEPAL Four Irish people have yet to contact home after the earthquake – one man was evacuated from the area 

#USA A former Goldman Sachs banker was found not guilty of raping an Irish woman in New York

#BALTIMORE Hillary Clinton called on police to wear body cameras, and a mum explained why she hit her son during the rioting

#SPACE An out-of-control cargo spacecraft is hurtling towards Earth

INNOVATION

• File under ‘a bit weird’ – a man implanted a chip in his hand so that he can manipulate Android phones. [Geek.com]
• What would an Irish version of Facebook be like? Perhaps not that great… [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

These incredible photos from 1913 are a joy to behold. [Demilked.com]

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