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

• The jury in the trial of Barry Doyle, the man accused of the murder of Limerick rugby player Shane Geoghegan has retired after hearing closing speeches. The prosecution reminded the jury that Doyle had confessed to shooting the victim, a fact which matched garda ballistics evidence – however, the defence claimed that the suspect had been put under “unremitted psychological pressure” to confess by detectives.
• Gardaí have called for those involved in a serious assault in Ballymun last night, which resulted in a man’s death, to come forward. It is believed the victim and his attackers did not know each other and that those involved may not even be aware that the 48-year-old died of his injuries. Those with information are asked to contact the Ballymun station at (01) 666 4400.
• At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds more injured, after Yemeni government snipers shot from rooftops into a crowd of tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators on Friday.
• The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes are acceptable in public school classrooms. Today’s ruling will be binding to all 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe, the continent’s human rights watchdog.
• A minuscule amount of radioactive fallout released from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors has reached the US – but experts say that initial readings are “about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening”.
• New jobs are to be created by a Kildare-based natural energy power company over the next three years. The Natural Power company will establish a new manufacturing operation for wind turbines, creating at least 50 highly-skilled positions and the possibility of up to 250 jobs at local suppliers.
• One of the heartwarming stories to come from Japan this week was that of Akiko Kosaka – a Japanese student studying in California. Kosaka is from the decimated village of Minamisanriku, where half of the 17,000 residents are believed to be dead, and she had given up all hope of finding her family alive - until then a friend uncovered a video on YouTube.
• Don’t forget to flick through our Week in Photos: there are pictures of the St Patrick’s day celebrations, Enda meeting Obama, and of the incredible Holi festival in India – which has such vibrant colours you’ll feel as if you stepped into an oil painting.
• NASA has taken a photograph of Ireland in true-colour, showing just why the land is referred to as the Emerald Isle. Of course, even more amazing is the fact that there were no clouds over any part of the country whatsoever at this moment…

Image via @JamesCoyne