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

Gardai, Civil Defence and a ambulance at one of the search areas for missing Marian Power. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• A garda has been released without charge after she was arrested as part of a drugs investigation.
• A body was found behind a house in Limerick.
• Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm lodged an appeal in his bankruptcy proceedings.
• The Justice Minister said there’s ‘no evidence of jihadist terror groups training in Ireland’.
• The body of missing woman Marian Power was found.
• Residents at a care home were found to ‘regularly assault each other’.
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses after an assault in inner city Dublin.
• The world’s largest trawler was spotted off Ireland.

WORLD

A plane takes off as a French soldier patrols at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport. France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#BELGIUM: Hundreds of troops were deployed on the streets of major cities following anti-terror raids.

#CANADA: Two police officers were ‘seriously injured’ in a shooting.

#CHANNEL TUNNEL: A lorry fire caused travel chaos, cancelling Eurostar services.

#GREECE: Four people have been arrested in connection with the foiled Belgium terror attack. [AFP]

#PHILIPPINES: Pope Francis visited survivors of Typhoon Yolanda and the Bohol earthquake.

INNOVATION

• The first anti-obesity implant has been approved by US authorities. [NewScientist]
• This eco-friendly house produces more than three times the energy it needs.
• Is the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge just a fun concept, or the future?
• Apple is considering storing Touch ID fingerprints online. [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Did you know that cities on Earth evolve in the same way as galaxies in space? [Quartz]

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