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

IRELAND

Sam Boal Sam Boal

• The garda pay offer left a number of other public sector unions unhappy
• The Taoiseach said martial law was never contemplated, but gardaí said it was threatened last night
• Minister Richard Bruton warned a large number of schools will have to close next Monday as pay talks continue
• Plans to celebrate the Easter Rising by introducing a bank holiday were rejected
• An investigation will examine public funds given to a proposed library for Mary Robinson
• The family of a student killed in a hit-and-run incident said they had a “positive meeting” with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in their bid for justice
• Fifa has charged Ireland with wearing a political symbol during a football match
• Paul Cuddihy was found not guilty by reason of insanity over a murder where a woman was stabbed more than 100 times.

WORLD

James Bowen and Bob arriving at the World Premiere of A Street Cat Named Bob, London. Doug Peters Doug Peters

#BREXIT BRITAIN: Some tabloids have been venting anger at the decision by the UK High Court that Brexit must be approved by parliament.

#US: A jury has found Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher and a reporter defamed a university administrator in a discredited story about gang rape.

#FRANCE: A court has handed a three-month suspended jail sentence to a teenager who named his domestic wifi network after the so-called Islamic State group.

INNOVATION

• Want to beat facial recognition? All you need are a pair of tortoiseshell glasses [Guardian]
• You might know a lot about US presidential candidates Clinton and Trump – but do you know their stances on tech and science? Engadget does.

PARTING SHOT

An Irish Coast Guard boat had some company earlier this week off the coast of Dublin… and we took a look.