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

IRELAND

Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Permanent TSB has failed the latest ECB stress test due to an €855 million shortfall. 
• Two separate opinion polls show that support for Sinn Féin and Gerry Adams has taken a dip.
• The family of Jimmy and Kathleen Cuddihy have thanked the local community for its support.
• Gardaí were called to a public order incident in Waterford yesterday.
• A young man was killed in Roscommon after the jeep he was driving hit a car and crashed into a concrete fence in a field. 
• And a 75-year-old man also died when the car he was driving hit a ditch in Clare this afternoon.
• Gardaí are investigating after a man was shot in Cavan yesterday evening.

INTERNATIONAL

Sofie Amalie Klougart Sofie Amalie Klougart

#UKRAINE: Voters head to polls in snap elections for a new parliament.

#AUSTRALIA: A teenager is in isolation and being tested for Ebola.

#ENGLAND: Three surfers have died after getting into difficulty off the English coast.

#KENYA: Wealthy women are hiring young Kenyan men for relationships.

INNOVATION

• A new study says the global population will plateau by 2070 [Geek.com]
• So eh…here’s seven technologies that will change sex forever.  [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Does the type of music you listen to relate to your intelligence? This study think so.

According to software application writer, Virgil Griffith, smart people listen to Radiohead and dumb people listen to Beyoncé. Wow.

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