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

Typhoon survivors watch as a US helicopter lands to deliver relief goods in Tanauan, Leyte province, central Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

IRELAND

• The Attorney General for Northern Ireland said there should be no more police investigations, inquiries or prosecutions of any killings that occurred before the Good Friday Agreement.
• The IFA found that half of pig meat tested in Ireland is not Irish.
• A woman was charged with assisting the suicide of another woman in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Ireland.
• Aer Lingus cabin crew at Shannon Airport will accept proposals tabled at the Labour Relations Commission.
• Tenants are accepting sub-standard accommodation as prices rise and supply drops, says Threshold.
• A survey revealed that 17 TDs have consumed alcohol before entering the Dáil chamber.
• Ireland’s implementation of the European Working Time Directive in the health system is to be referred to the EU Court of Justice.
• An Oireachtas committee was told that the Department of Justice needs an extra €32 million due to a shortfall in the garda budget and compensation for Magadelene Laundries survivors.
• The OCED warned that unemployment could become structural in Ireland, although they were mostly upbeat in their report.
• Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan said that there are no informants acting “off the books”, as far as he is aware.
• The Finance Minster dampened fears over a possible funding shortfall at RSA insurance.
• While it scored poorly on affordability, Dublin was found to be a better place to study than cities like Tokyo, New York and Barcelona.

INTERNATIONAL

#EGYPT: 10 soldiers were killed, and four police officers along with dozens of bystanders injured, in two separate blasts in Cairo and the Sinai region.

#BRUSSELS: MEPs backed a proposal to end the so-called “travelling circus” of holding sessions in Brussels and Strasbourg, allowing the European Parliament select its own seat.

#IRAN: Talks resumed in Geneva aimed at securing a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. [AP]

#PHILIPPINES: The use of mass graves to bury victims of Typhoon Haiyan was criticised by the Red Cross. [RTÉ]

#DENMARK: A new portrait of the Danish royal family was revealed, and it’s pretty creepy.

INNOVATION

• China became the biggest market for Bitcoin trading.
• It was reported that Google will be releasing a physical transaction card to accompany its Wallet app. [TechCrunch]
• AOL announced that it will be shutting down 15 year-old media player Winamp.

PARTING SHOT

Anyone with a smartphone will know the pain of accidentally dropping it, and discovering a new ugly scratch or dent somewhere on it. LG also feels that pain, and has released a video showing their new G Flex, a phone that can heal light scratches itself. Watch it here.

Originally published 9.00pm

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