Updated 10.55pm

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

Former United States President Bill Clinton popped in to meet Taoiseach Enda Kenny this evening at Government Buildings, just for a quick chat. (Image Credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire/Press Association Images)

IRELAND

• The former garda confidential recipient said he had been ‘subjected to an attack’ by some politicians.
• The Tánaiste expressed concern to Russia’s ambassador over the situation in Ukraine.
• The SEPA switch-over caused a sharp drop in tax revenues, exchequer returns revealed.
• The government said a report on Universal Health Insurance will be published soon.
• Cabinet agreed not to oppose a Fianna Fáil bill aimed at protecting IBRC mortgage holders.
• A man arrested in connection with a death in the Phoenix Park last year was released without charge.
• Twelve people were arrested across three counties in a garda operation targeting an organised crime gang.
• A deal was reached on providing a new ten bed unit for Cystic Fibrosis patients in Cork.
• Volunteers were given an extra two days and a reduced fee to save eight horses from being destroyed.
• RTÉ explained what caused last night’s glitch, and it wasn’t Irish Ukrainians, or Russians.

INTERNATIONAL
Pro-Russian soldiers guarding Ukraine’s infantry base in Perevalne. (Image Credit: Sergei Grits/AP/Press Association Images)

#RUSSIA: An intercontinental missile was successfully test-fired.

#BLACK SEA: The Russian president called an end to a “snap drill” involving thousands of troops.

#UKRAINE: Putin branded recent events in Ukraine as an “anti-constitutional coup”. Warning shots were fired at a base in Crimea. [BBC News]

#SOUTH AFRICA:The trial of Oscar Pistorius was interrupted after a TV station showed a photo of a witness.

#SYRIA: Plans were submitted to remove all chemical weapons from the country by April. [WSJ]

INNOVATION

• Apple was knocked off the top spot in the tablet market by Android.
• A Bitcoin bank shut down after all of its coins were stolen.
• Facebook is planning to buy drones to provide internet access to rural areas of the world.
• Toyota released a new concept design that more like a horse than a car.

PARTING SHOT

A virus was revived after lying dormant for 30,000 years. Don’t worry, it doesn’t pose any risk to humans or animals… but others might. [BBC News]

Originally published 9pm

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