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

A member of the Garda Technical Bureau carries evidence bags at Harelawn Green in Dublin today. (Pic: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• A man in his early 20s was shot dead in a Dublin housing estate this morning.
• Michael Noonan has ruled out the possibility of a wealth tax in Budget 2014.
• A man found dead in a Dublin waste truck has been identified.
• Labour should pull out of coalition says Pearse Doherty.
• A 14-year-old boy died after he fell from a tractor in Cork.
• Two people have been electronically tagged since it was introduced in March.
• People who overpaid property tax will be able to claim a refund.
• ‘Welfare traps‘ are stopping people from moving into employment.

INTERNATIONAL

AP Photo/Jon Elswick

#SYRIA: Doctors have said around 3,600 Syrians flooded hospitals displaying similar symptoms on the day of the alleged chemical weapon attack.

#SHETLAND: Four people have been confirmed dead after a helicopter ditched in the North Sea.

#CIVIL RIGHTS: Thousands of people are attending a march in Washington DC to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream speech’. [BBC]

#MADIBA: Nelson Mandela is “unstable” at times but showing “great resilience” in hospital.

#CHINA: A man who threw a toddler to her death has asked for the death penalty.

INNOVATION

• Fancy a 3D replica of a Van Gogh painting? It could be yours for a mere €25,000. [The Guardian]
• Facebook is pulling its plan to allow users to purchase gifts. [Mashable]
• A web developer has built a ticker-tape machine which prints out tweets [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

These songs could have changed your life: writers at longform website Grantland choose some songs which should have – but didn’t – make the list of the Best Songs of the Millennium. [Grantland]

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