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

Ian Bailey leaving the High Court after they awarded full costs against him for his failed legal action for wrongful arrest/ Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRISH

• Ian Bailey was ordered to pay up €5 million in costs for his failed legal action. 
• A care order was granted for the baby abandoned in Dublin last week.
• A court heard an Irish woman in Australia, whose husband is charged with her murder, was found with stab wounds and her throat cut.
• 74 TDs voted down an abortion bill put forward by Socialist Party TDs.
• Reporting restrictions are being imposed in Denis O’Brien‘s injunction case against RTÉ.
• It emerged Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen got over €80,000 each last year in pensions.
• Mothers described the Portlaoise Hospital morgue as being like something from a Frankenstein novel.
• The European Court of Human Rights ruled the detention of Irish citizens for terror offences was not unlawful.
• A whiskey distillery was hit with a €500,000 Irish Water bill.
• A couple caught getting down and dirty in public were let off with a caution.

 WORLD

A Nepalese victim of today's earthquake tries to sit up with the help of family members at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha / PA Niranjan Shrestha / PA / PA

#NEPAL: Another massive earthquake hit the country and dozens of people were killed.

#BREXIT: Britain could leave the EU as early as next year.

#FRANCE: Jean-Marie Le Pen is setting up his own right wing group after disowning his daughter.

#CONNECTICUT: The remains of four more victims have been found in what was described as the dumping ground for a serial killer.

#BRITAIN: A red-haired fanatic had a plot to murder Prince Charles so Prince Harry could sit on the throne, a court heard.

INNOVATION

• It’s Nokia‘s 150th birthday. Time for some 3210 nostalgia… 
• That peeing droid has caused Google to suspend its map editing service.
• Will robot dogs replace the real deals in dense cities in the future? [Gizmodo]

PARTING SHOT

Following the popularity of the MSC Splendida yesterday, we had to share this photo sent to us by reader John Fahy today of the even larger Royal Princess at Bullock Harbour in Dalkey. Look at the adorable little Stena Adventurer following on behind.

John Fahy John Fahy

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