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

An employee of ESB repairing one of the main power lines in Limerick today (Image: Laura Hutton).

IRELAND

• A four hour stand-off with a man on a balcony in Galway reached a safe conclusion.
• The HSE warned St Vincent’s University Hospital that its funding will be cut from this Friday over top-ups.
• Seven people were arrested over an alleged sexual assault on a female child.
• A retired judge will review the GSOC surveillance claims and report back within eight weeks.
• ESB crews are still working to repair storm damage but at least the weather wasn’t too bad today.
• A 31-year-old man was charged with the murder of Sonia Blount in a Dublin hotel.
• The Anglo trial heard how executives travelled to the Middle East but couldn’t get funding there.
• A doctor had his asylum request denied because someone ‘didn’t like him’.
• Minister Alex White said his Twitter account was “compromised” after a porn tweet was favourited from it.
• A charity finished 35 ghost homes, allowing families to move in after a seven-year wait.
• Gardaí shut down an unofficial Galway Rag Week event after a crush outside a nightclub.

WORLD

An anti-government protester is engulfed in flames during clashes with riot police outside Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev (Image: Efrem Lukatsky).

#UKRAINE: Police stormed the main protest camp in Kiev with at least nine people killed in the unrest, including two policemen. [BBC]

RUSSIA: Two Pussy Riot members said they were arrested in Sochi during the Olympic Games.

#SCOTLAND: Edward Snowden was named as the new rector of Glasgow University. [AFP]

#LONDON: Three teenagers, including two 14-year-old boys, have been charged following the fatal stabbing of a market stall holder.

INNOVATION

• Sony has sold 5.3 million Playstation 4 consoles worldwide.
• Game maker Valve today sought to reassure users after it emerged its software collects data about other sites players visit. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

This stunning photo of the sunset over Rathmines Church was sent to us by Carole:

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