EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the latest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed during the day.

• The trade union that represents lower-paid civil servants has voted to effectively block any reform moves implemented under the Croke Park pay deal – and to go in strike if the government tries to cut their pay any further.
• The union representing Ireland’s university lecturers, meanwhile, says new government rules which stop any researchers from being given permanent jobs is in breach of Irish and EU law.
• An otherwise uneventful GAA Congress was interrupted for a few minutes earlier today when a group of Croke Park residents stormed the congress floor, protesting at GAA plans to demolish and redevelop the handball courts complex beside the stadium. Their opposition is based on the plans not to include a bar in the new development; the current bar, they say, has become a de facto community centre.
• The online poker industry has taken a major hit after three main US sites were accused of systematic fraud by New York prosecutors – but it transpires that one of the 11 executives charged is Dublin-based.
• A court in Egypt has ordered that the former party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak be dissolved, and its assets returned to the State.
• Kate Middleton’s booked the übersnazzy Goring Hotel for the night before her wedding. Most of us wouldn’t be able to match the €1,158-a-night asking price – so here’s a gallery to give you a taste of the luxury.
• If Donald Trump doesn’t run for election next year (and he still might), he could find himself spending a little more time in Ireland: it’s reported today that his son visited a golf club in Brittas, scoping out a potential purchase. The Trump family already owns ten courses in the US and Caribbean, but doesn’t currently have one in Europe – though it’s building one in Scotland.
• Actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in New Orleans on charges of domestic abuse.
• In the first of the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley, a second-half Yaya Toure strike saw Manchester City run out 1-0 winners against fierce rivals Manchester United. The victory puts paid to United’s treble hopes, while City will now face either Bolton or Stoke in the showpiece on May 14.
• To finish this evening: a penguin being tickled. Need we say any more?

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