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

IRELAND

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• Karen Buckley’s parents have made a heartfelt appeal for the safe return of their daughter.
• A councillor said protest organisers are to blame for an incident which saw a woman sustain a head injury.
• Breda O’Brien criticised Mary McAleese’s comments about same-sex marriage this morning.
• Permanent TSB has no plans to cut rates on variable mortgages – it wants to boost profits from them instead.
• Thousands (3,850 to be exact) of Canadian working holiday visas were snapped up in 12 minutes today.
• Australian officials are investigating reports of Irish people using their Irish language names to apply for visas they are not entitled to.
• A pipe bomb was found under Fiona Doyle’s car this morning.
• A coffee kiosk in Dublin 4 sold for €250,000.

INTERNATIONAL

The 2015 Pennywell Bacon Stakes Steeplechase special General Election pig race. Ben Birchall Ben Birchall

#MILWAUKEE: A driver was shot to death after rushing to help a young child he knocked down.

#CLEVELAND: A one-year-old died after he was shot in the face by a three-year-old.

#NORFOLK: A teaching assistant has admitted to sending a bomb hoax from a student’s email account as she couldn’t face work.

#BAILOUT: Greece is getting ready to default on its next tranche of bailout loan repayments.

INNOVATION

• Are you a bit too tired to cook when you come home from work in the evenings? Fear not – you may be able to buy a robotic personal chef in a couple of years. [Geek.com]
• Good news – super, incredibly fast broadband is on its way to 350 towns in Ireland. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

The first McDonald’s franchise opened 60 years ago on April 15, 1955.

Here’s a look at some photographs and ads from the company’s archives.