Updated at 23:56

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

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• President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have had a busy first day on the historic State visit to the UK. He’s due to make an address at a State banquet in Windsor Castle tonight.
• Ulster Bank says over 3,000 mortgage arrears customers have court cases in the pipeline while 4,300 customers are in a legal process. [RTÉ]
• The GardaGate inquiry will look at the Du Plantier case and Callinan’s ‘retirement’. 
• A Garda station was evacuated this morning. It’s reported that it was due to a suspicious letter being sent to the Justice Minister Alan Shatter. [RTÉ]
• Irish people are using cocaine less frequently according to new research. 
• A 20-year-old woman missing from Wales has been seen in Dublin. 
• The Director of Croke Park Stadium says he’s confident that the Garth Brooks concerts will go ahead. 

INTERNATIONAL 

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#GELDOF: A post-mortem examination is due to take place tomorrow after Peaches Geldof was found dead at her home in Kent yesterday. [BBC]

#PISTORIUS: The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius was adjourned again today after the 27-year-old wailed in court while giving evidence.

#MALAYSIAN AIRLINES: The search involving 11 military planes, three civilian planes and 14 ships is due to go on for days before a robot submersible is deployed to comb the seabed.

INNOVATION

• An experimental zapping treatment is allowing paralysed men to move their legs again.
• An Israeli company has come up with a device that can fully charge a smartphone in 30 seconds.   

PARTING SHOT

Do you think you could pick out the most peaceful countries in the world? Do you think Ireland would be included?

The Global Peace Index, issued by the Institute for Economics and Peace, measures “peacefulness based on external and internal measures”. Here’s a list of the top 20.

Originally Published at 8:55.