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

IRELAND

Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin talking to the media on the Plinth, Leinster House about his party's response to forming a government with Fine Gael. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil couldn’t agree a plan to form a government
• Dublin Airport announced plans for a new runway
• A court heard a farmer had been intimidated into handing over €83,000 to 17 people
• A homeless family sued a council over housing lists
• Dublin’s Deputy Lord Mayor was cleared of public order offences
• Two men were charged over the sectarian murder of Paul McCauley
• A file was sent to the DPP over the Stardust tragedy
• 999 workers went on strike in Navan
• A Harry Potter actor was sued by his agent [RTÉ]
• A man was killed after his car hit a wall in Meath

INTERNATIONAL

An employee from the auction house Sotheby's in London models a rare Fancy Vivid Pink diamond named Unique pink which will go on sale in Geneva in May, weighing 15.38 carats and is expected to fetch approximately €28-38 million. Stefan Rousseau Stefan Rousseau

#BRUSSELS: Prosecutors have released footage of the suspected third bomber in the Brussels attacks.

#ENGLAND: Two teenage girls who took selfies as they beat a vulnerable woman to death before phoning police to ask for a lift home have been jailed for life.

#HOLLAND: The Netherlands voted against an EU deal which would have seen closer ties with Ukraine.

INNOVATION

• There’s a secret game in a lot of Android phones. Here’s how to play it. 
• This guy made a Game Boy into a Super Nintendo and it’s great.

PARTING SHOT

Who are the celebrities for Trump? Newsweek’s Zach Schonfeld caught up with a few including Stephen Baldwin.

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