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

A member of security staff stands in front of the Ulster Bank on Rafter Street in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford this afternoon following an armed raid on the ATM in the early hours of this morning. (Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• A body found in London last night was confirmed to be that of 18-year-old Galway man Patrick Halpin
• Raiders fired a shot at Gardaí as they attempted to blow an ATM from a wall in Enniscorthy
• The Anglo trial heard that Sean Quinn had told the Financial Regulator that he “needed to be reined in” and that his dealings in the bank had cost him €2.4 billion
• Weather forecasts for the weekend showed no end in sight to stormy weather, with a host of agencies urging people to be careful
• John Waters issued a statement through his solicitors contradicting RTÉ’s version of events on the Panti Bliss controversy
• Tallaght Hospital said it would hire extra stuff to deal with overcrowding
• Junior doctors hit out at hospitals’ implementation of agreed working times, months after a new deal
• A War of Independence-era grenade was made safe in the Roscommon town of Ardnanagh
• Over 6,500 electricians voted to go on strike
• A missing 15-year-old from Wicklow was found in Northern Ireland
• The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis got underway in Wexford, with Mary-Lou McDonald calling Phil Hogan the “Bart Simpson of Irish politics”

WORLD

Cameraman Andrade Santiago is helped after he was injured during violent clashes with police during a protest against a bus fare increase in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo)

#BRAZIL: Tensions rose in Brazil overnight as more than 1,000 protesters took to the streets of Rio De Janeiro, angered with a train fare increase. The protest is the latest show of anger towards the country’s government, ahead of their hosting of the 2014 World Cup.

#SOCHI: A flight from Ukraine to Turkey landed safely in Istanbul after a man claiming to have a bomb demanded the plane be diverted to the site of the Winter Olympics, which got underway today.

#UNDIPLOMATIC: The US is red-faced after the leak of an embarrassing phone call in which a top US diplomat cursed the EU response to the Ukraine crisis. US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is heard saying “F**k the EU” on a bugged phone call.

INNOVATION

• This computer will self-destruct. At least if IBM can build the processor a US agency wants. [Geek.com]
• Google Glass as a crime-fighting tool? Seems like it. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Downhill skier Conor Lyne leads the Irish Winter Olympics team out at the opening ceremony in Sochi. The five-strong team: Lyne, Florence Bell, Seamus O’Connor, Jan Rossiter and Sean Greenwood, will carry Irish hopes over the next fortnight. Come on you boys, and girls, in green. (David Davies/PA Wire)

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