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

Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Justice and Equality at press conference today. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

IRISH

• A report on the removal of two Roma children from their families was published and Frances Fitzgerald apologised.
• Read the timelines of what happened to Roma Child A here and Roma Child T here.
• Dublin’s Dame Street was closed off today after a man climbed onto a six-storey building and refused to come down.
• Croke Park residents vowed to file a court injunction to stop the Garth Brooks concerts.
• The referendum on same-sex marriage will be held next spring.
• A €34 million redress scheme for symphysiotomy victims was announced.
• That Garda Ombudsman is to be given a rake of new powers.
  
• A man is in hospital after he was shot through the front door of a house in Ongar in west Dublin.
• A chair-o-plane has broken down in Tramore with six people stuck mid-air on the ride.

WORLD

Hot air balloon pilot Andrew Parker inflates his balloon during the launch of the Flying High for Kids World Balloon Project with UNICEF in Cambodia. Heng Sinith Heng Sinith

#UK: More people came forward to say they were also abused by Rolf Harris.

#UKRAINE: A ceasefire has failed in Ukraine as military launched a ferocious assault against pro-Russian separatist insurgents.

#FRANCE: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by police for questioning in a corruption probe.

#EUROPE: The European Court of Human Rights upheld France’s ban on wearing a burqa in public.

INNOVATION

• Irish scientists revealed that have discovered a new magnetic material that could lead to superfast technology.
• Twitter’s latest acquisition shows that it really wants you to download apps through its site.
• India launched a rocket into space that cost less than a film about space.

PARTING SHOT

This stunning video visualises European air traffic over a 24-hour period. Pretty, isn’t it? [ViralSpell]

First published 21.00pm