Updated 11.20pm

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

Gardaí use pepper spray on anti-austerity protesters during clashes outside Leinster House this evening. (Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• Anti-austerity protests got heated outside Leinster House.
• Three people were hospitalised and three arrested during the rallies.
• Traffic came to a standstill because of a spillover sit-down demonstration on O’Connell Bridge.
• Martin McGuinness said he does not expect people to forgive him for being in the IRA.
• Gardaí investigating Elaine O’Hara’s death examined a second scene at Roundwood.
• The Dáil resumed today, with the Taoiseach revealing details of the forthcoming banking inquiry.
• Enda Kenny also told Micheál Martin that he would not partake in a TV debate because he does not want to embarrass the Fianna Fáil leader.
• Two viable homemade devices were found in Limerick.
• Fairy Liquid DOES last longer than rival suds.
• The NUJ said it supports former Irish Independent journalist Gemma O’Doherty.
• Lucinda Creighton still has friends in Fine Gael.
• Ryanair joined Twitter.

INTERNATIONAL

The Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket lifts off the launchpad at the NASA Wallops Island test flight facility. The unmanned Antares rocket will carry 1,300 pounds of food, clothes and other items for astronauts as part of this test flight to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

#CANADA: Six people died when a double-decker bus collided with a train in Ottawa.

#PARTY PLANE: A Ryanair flight bound for Ibiza had to be diverted for an emergency landing because of a group of drunk passengers.

#SWEDEN: Public masturbation is legal in Sweden as long you are not doing it at anyone in particular. [DailyEdge.ie]

#NO HONEY BOO-BOO: Beauty pageants for children have been banned in France.

#USA: The US is to seize a New York skycraper that the Justice Department believes is covertly owned by Iran.

#GLOBAL: The economic crisis has been blamed for an additional 5,000 suicide deaths across the world in 2009.

INNOVATION

• Apple’s iOS7 has landed. Here’s how to download it without messing up your device.
• Meanwhile, check out how fast the smartphone’s fingerprint scanner will work. [Business Insider]

(YouTube: Ben Bajarin)

PARTING SHOT

Reddit user feridehakim shared this video of a flying eagle in the ‘awesome’ section of the website. Quite right, he/she is too.

(YouTube: Aquietbabygetsnoable via ljfriel2/LiveLeak)

First published at 9pm

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