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

IRISH 

The Pearse Museum was opened today in Dublin with an open air performance of Aeridheacht by Tallaght Community Arts Production Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Mick Wallace’s Bill on fatal foetal abnormalities has been defeated. 
• It has been revealed that Suicide bereavement charity Console is set to be wound down. 
• Gardaí are investigating an alleged sexual assault of a woman in her late 30s in Dublin city centre last night. 
• Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett has shown the Dáil how to dab. 
• A man jailed for “serial sodomisation” of a six-year-old has been given an 18-year prison sentence. 
• All the Dublin Bus drivers in a syndicate that scooped €23.8 million on the Euromillions have said they’ll be going back to work.
• The Defence Forces has appointed its first female colonel. 
• It has emerged that the Taoiseach called the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to seek the release of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa. 
• The government has been accused of facilitating tax avoidance by vulture funds. 

WORLD 

Mourners in Baghdad carrying the coffins of bomb victims Talib Hassan and Hamza Jabbar - almost 300 people were killed in the attack Anmar Khalil / PA Wire Anmar Khalil / PA Wire / PA Wire

#UK: Five men have died after a wall collapsed at a recycling site in England. 

#GERMANY: The country has tightened up its rape laws following the New Year’s Eve attacks last year. 

#UNITED STATES: A woman in the United States posted a live Facebook video after her boyfriend was shot dead by police. 

INNOVATION 

• Tesla has said that its self-driving feature wasn’t to blame for a fatal crash. 
• Apple’s Mac computers have a reputation for being resistant to viruses – however, a new type of malware could give hackers complete control of a target’s computer.    

PARTING SHOT 

Live in Dublin and a fan of waterslides? Well you’re in luck: a 260-foot long slide will be coming to capital this weekend. [Daily Edge]

We got a chance to celebrate with the Dublin Bus workers who scooped the Euromillions jackpot! See the media scrum and the lads celebrating at Lotto HQ

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