Updated 9.16pm

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

IRELAND

• A Child Rescue Alert issued earlier this evening was cancelled by gardaí who found the three-year-old missing girl and her mother safe and well.
• The body of a 30-year-old woman was found in a hotel room in Tallaght.
• In a separate incident, gardaí are investigating the discovery of a body in a house in Edenderry.
• The Garda Commissioner reiterated his conviction that gardaí were not involved in bugging at the Garda Ombudsman’s office.
• The Tánaiste refused to comment on whether an independent inquiry was needed to investigate GSOC bugging.
• The charity regulator will cost €960,000 over 12 months until it becomes self-financing, it was revealed.
• The Department of Foreign Affairs released €5.3 million in humanitarian aid for organisations working in the Syrian crisis.
• Tayto crisps, Barry’s Tea, Club Orange, and more, will now be sold in Australia, Taste Ireland announced.
• The Minister for Health denied keeping cabinet colleagues “in the dark” on the subject of Universal Health Insurance.
• Fine Gael picked MEP Sean Kelly and Senator Deirdre Clune as the party’s Ireland South candidates for the European elections.
• Lidl announced over 50 new jobs across three stores.

INTERNATIONAL

A surfer rides the waves at North Tyneside, as the stormy weather finally gives the country a respite. (PA Photo/Owen Humphreys)

#SCOTLAND: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso cast doubt on the potential of an independent Scotland joining the EU.

#SOUTH AFRICA: 200 miners are feared trapped in a gold mine. 11 have been rescued.

#UKRAINE: Protesters ended a two-month siege of the capital’s city hall. [Reuters]

INNOVATION

• Google acquired a startup behind technology allowing smartphones users to use sounds as passwords. [TNW]
• Speaking of passwords, how strong is yours? You might rethink it after reading this guide. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Flappy Bird may have been removed from app stores, but that didn’t remove that niggling urge in the back of your head that commands you to play it again… but why? An element of game design, a phenomenon known as “flow”, is the cause, and is the secret behind the game’s immense popularity. As a concept it has been around for generations. Find out more here. [CNET.com]

(Image Credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

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