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

Pictured are Kate Feeney, left, from Blackrock and Lisa Chambers from Castlebar at the annual Fianna Fail Easter Rising 1916 Commemoration Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• The Taoiseach invited the Pope to Ireland
• The teenage son of TD Aengus Ó’Snodaigh was stabbed and put in a serious condition
• Traffic in Dublin was disrupted when a water pipe burst
• A trade union head warned that introducing water charges was “all wrong”
• Micheal Martin criticised the government on their approach to Northern Ireland
• However, Martin’s role as leader of Fianna Fáil is not under threat, a senior TD said
• An opinion poll made good reading for Sinn Féin, but less so for a sitting government minister
• The search for two missing Dublin men went on
• The junior Health Minister called for an agreement with doctors on the issue of free GP care for under sixes.

INTERNATIONAL

Masked pro-Russia militants stand outside a local television broadcasting centre after storming it in Donetsk, Ukraine AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UKRAINE: Masked pro-Russian militants took over a television station in Ukraine, as rebels presented captured international observers as ‘prisoners of war’.

#KOREA: The Prime Minister of South Korea resigned over the sinking of a ferry that has left 300 people dead.

#SAINTS ABOVE: Pope Francis declared Popes John Paul II and John XXIII as saints of the Catholic Church.

INNOVATION

• Ever wondered what a newly-formed planet looks like? The Hubble Space Telescope has found out. [Geek.com]
• The Nintendo 64 was an important part of many childhoods. Here, a Reddit member has collected every game made for the console. [Kotaku]

PARTING SHOT

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