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

The coffin with the body of murdered Thomas O’Gorman is brought to his Removal mass in Church of Our Lady Mother of the Church, Castleknock this evening. (Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• A Northern Irish woman was found dead in a Sydney car park
• The Garda Commissioner appeared before the Public Accounts Committee
• The High Court has ordered a 22-year-old anorexic woman be force-fed [RTE]
• A District Court judge suggested that the Civil Defence patrol areas of Tallaght
• The Rehab Group will meet to decide whether to reveal CEO Angela Kerins’ salary next month
• Around 50 journalists at the Independent News and Media Group will lose their jobs as the company which supplies sub-editors has not had its contract renewed
• The Finance Minister said that the government could sell AIB shares before the 2016 election
• The Law Society announced it would add an extra date to exams after a petition from students
• TD Peadar Tóibín was welcomed back into Sinn Féin, six months after being suspended
• Payments company Stripe, founded by two Limerick brothers, was valued at €1.75 billion

INTERNATIONAL

Naomi Oni, who was attacked with acid by her former friend, Mary Konye. (PA Wire)

#QUEBEC: Three people are dead and another confirmed missing after a fire at a home for the elderly in Canada. Police in the town of L’Isle Verte in the province of Quebec say that the fire broke out just after midnight.

#UKRAINE: Opposition leaders in Ukraine have called on the country’s leaders to call early elections – or face more anger from the public.

#CEASEFIRE: Rebels and government leaders in South Sudan have agreed a ceasefire which will begin within 24 hours. The deal is aimed at halting violence that has left thousands dead over the last five weeks.

#ACID: A London woman was today convicted of throwing sulphuric acid at her former friend. Mary Konye inflicted what the London Metropolitan Police called a “truly horrific” attack on her friend Naomi Oni. Police say that the attacker was jealous of her former friend.

INNOVATION

• The conventional wisdom is that the Windows Phone is getting soundly beaten in the smartphone war. However, 27 countries sell more Windows Phones than iPhones. [Forbes]
• Is Facebook an infectious disease? Will it die out? [TheJournal.ie]
• The key to making robots more aware of their surroundings borrows more from cats than humans. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

This is what first class on an Air India Boeing 777 looks like. When it is shrunk to 1:60 scale. Designer Luca Iaconi-Stewart has spent five years painstakingly creating the place from manila folders. He expects to be finished this summer. See more pictures here.