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

IRELAND

Members of the public enjoy the sunny weather in Stephens Green, Dublin. Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leah Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• A man was arrested after a body was found in Wicklow
• A child hit by a car in the Phoenix Park last night died
• A man died after a plane crashed in a field in Down
• Irish Water prepared to send out its first bills
• It was revealed that a van which hit a motorcyclist was being chased by gardaí
• The Education Minister announced plans to shake up school admissions
• The weather was lovely again
• A Revenue sniffer dog found €240,000 worth of cocaine

INTERNATIONAL

A large crowd of city workers enjoy their lunch break in the warm spring sunshine, close to City Hall and Tower Bridge in south London.

#ROYALS: A judge in the US has thrown out underage sex claims against Prince Andrew.

#FORGET PARIS: Air Traffic controllers in France are preparing to strike tomorrow, leaving 40% of flights cancelled.

#ARKANSAS: The oldest woman in the world died.

#ISIS: A video shoes ISIS members beheading four men and hanging their bodies on crosses.

#FORKED UP: David Cameron ate a hot dog with a knife and fork and the world lost its mind.

INNOVATION

•  Dallas Buyers Club helped Australia set a precedent against online piracy.
• This is PC-on-a-stick. It costs $150 and is on sale now. [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

There are many, many CCTV cameras in Dublin. And many of them are easily accessible. So journalist Roisin Kiberd turned the city into her own personal photographer.

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