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

IRELAND

Emily Browne, Tara Frehill, Shauna Jager and Eithne Murray from Our Lady’s School, Terenure were announced as the national winners of the Certified Irish Angus Beef School Competition today. Finbarr O'Rourke Finbarr O'Rourke

• Authorities in India have launched a murder investigation after an Irish woman was found dead in the popular tourist state of Goa.
• Transport Minister Shane Ross met with the families of the Coast Guard crew who were affected by yesterday’s tragic incident.
• Meanwhile, search teams looking for the downed helicopter have detected a homing beacon from the aircraft’s black box flight recorder.
• Anne Shortall died from nine blows to her head and blockage to her airways, the Central Criminal Court heard today.
• An investigation was launched after 10-week-old baby was critically injured in Co Louth.
• Nigel Farage said Enda Kenny should apologise to Donald Trump for saying his comments were racist.
• Gardaí seized drugs worth €285,000 and €100,000 in cash in Co Meath.
• A man was arrested after cannabis worth €450,000 was seized in Co Cork.
• The removal of former Bishop of Galway Eamonn Casey took place.
• Hundreds of workers at Trinity College are gearing up for strike action.
• The Wax Museum is back (again) – just don’t call it a Wax Museum.

WORLD

Racegoers at the Cheltenham Festival today David Davies PA Wire / PA Images David Davies PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#NETHERLANDS: Exit polls suggest far-right MP Geert Wilders has done worse than expected in the country’s general election.

#US: Storm Stella continues to batter the east coast with sleet and snow, as thousands of flights were cancelled.

#MALAYSIA: A DNA sample from one of Kim Jong-Nam’s children was used to confirm the identity of the assassinated half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un.

PARTING SHOT

IFL Science has gathered some of the most “unbelievably weird” TripAdvisor reviews of scientific and natural wonders. One describes Arizona’s famed Grand Canyon as “a hole in the ground”.

TripAdvisor via IFL Science TripAdvisor via IFL Science

You can read them all here.

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