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

A photograph of Christy Brown sold as part of archive auction by Bonhams in London today. (Photo: Bonhams)

IRELAND

• Gardaí have identified people in a video where a man was knocked unconscious in Dublin.
• Dublin Fire Brigade are investigating how a sick child was locked in an ambulance.
• The Christy Brown archive is to remain in Ireland.
• A man was charged in connection with death of Jason Saunders.
• AIB agreed 100 deals with homeowners involving some kind of debt write-off.
• The PSNI issue an appeal after a video shows officers leaving an incapacitated woman in a bus lane.
• SIPTU were told to pay DAA and Ryanair’s legal fees over strike action.
• Sean Dunne is challenging the legality of a search warrant application. [RTE]
• Ireland’s suicide rate is below the EU average says the OECD.
• The number of people who cannot afford food in Ireland has doubled.

WORLD

A Chinese relative of a passenger aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane is carried out at a press conference. (PA Image)

#UKRAINE: The withdrawal of soldiers and their families from Crimea has begun following the Russian seizure of two naval bases. [BBC]

#UK: Police are hunting for a man who sexually assaulted five children in the area where Madeleine McCann went missing.

#CHINA: A puppy was sold in China for almost €1.4 million.

#MALAYSIA AIRLINES: The search continues for flight MH370 with many questions being asked and distressing scenes at today’s press conference.

INNOVATION

• Ever wondered which Irish counties love Twitter the most.
• Earth dodged a communications killing solar storm in July 2012 that would have wiped out global electronic systems says NASA. [The Register]

PARTING SHOT

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First published 21.00pm

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