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

Kinard beach in Kerry, as clouds drew in over the Dingle peninsula yesterday evening. Donal Moloney Photography Donal Moloney Photography

IRELAND

• Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will not face prosecution in connection with the abduction and murder of Jean McConville.
• The government announced a €27 billion plan to fund capital projects, with over a third going on public transport.
• Dubliners were promised a 14-stop Metro North link to the airport.
• Exactly 422,455 households have still not registered with Irish Water.
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda was criticised after confidential records of orthopaedic patients were found “strewn on the street”.
• A new report said it is ”not clear” whether the €38 million spent on Eircode will produce the benefits that had been hoped for.
• The Dundrum Town Centre, Ireland’s largest shopping centre, is to be sold as part of the biggest Nama deal ever.
• Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald said the closure of 139 Garda stations has saved the state half a million euro a year.
• New research found poor families were more affected by high inflation during the recession.
• A 90-year-old woman said that she is “very annoyed” after being fined €1,500 for having a satellite dish on her house.

WORLD

A civilian inspects the aftermath of a car bombing near a restaurant in a commercial area of central Baghdad, Iraq. Hadi Mizban / AP/Press Association Images Hadi Mizban / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#US: The New York St Patrick’s Day committee will allow an Irish LGBT group to march in the 2016 parade, for the first time in the event’s history.

#UN: Russia said it intends to join the US in fighting the Islamic State group.

#FIFA: Jack Warner, the governing body’s disgraced former vice-president, was banned from all football-related activities for life.

INNOVATION

• Spotted any Facebook status updates claiming to prevent Facebook from using your photos or posts on the site? Here’s a reminder that they have no effect on the network’s privacy policy.
• If you signed up to try Apple Music, read this advice on how to cancel your trial so you don’t start getting charged tomorrow.
• Microsoft insisted Windows 10 does not scan users’ emails, messages or files so it can serve up targeted ads.

PARTING SHOT

• Exciting news for aspiring wizards: Harry Potter fans will soon be able to tuck into their Christmas dinner in Hogwarts’ Great Hall. The one-night-only event, run by Warner Bros, will let guests eat a fancy two-course meal on the set used to film the series. (Mashable)