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

Irish Dancer Roisin McManus with Irish harpist Seana Davey at the official launch of the programme for this year’s Temple Bar Tradfest. (Pic: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• 63-year-old Thomas Horan was found dead at a senior citizens’ housing complex in Dublin. Two people have been arrested.
• The number of people on the Live Register fell to the lowest its been since May 2009.
• Jenny Lauren was fined €2,000 at an Irish court for a transatlantic ‘air rage’ incident.
• Christy Daly, found dead by gardaí yesterday, was shot a number of times it was confirmed.
• After Donegal County Council almost collapsed after failing to agree a budget, councillors were given until Monday to come up with a solution.
• Former president Mary McAleese said that the Catholic Church has been in denial over homosexuality for decades.
• Richard Haass said that some in Northern Ireland have been “unrealistic in the extreme”.
• Five Irishmen made the Forbes list of 30 people under 30.
• Dublin Bus are investigating what appeared to be blood and a number of liquid medicine dispensers on one of its buses yesterday.
• The breathing equipment of a Dublin firefighter failed as he was in a burning apartment block at the weekend.
• It is too early to speculate on whether Irish troops will be sent to the Central African Republic the Government said today.
• Mallow town council’s Jerry Mulally became the 28th councillor to resign from the Labour Party during the lifetime of the current Government.
• Michael Noonan was named as Europe’s Finance Minister of the Year by the Financial Times’ ‘The Banker’ magazine.

INTERNATIONAL

Mark Duggan’s mother, Pam Duggan (2nd right) and her son Marlon Duggan (left) after Mark’s killing by police was ruled lawful. (Pic: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

#LONDON: A British inquest jury has ruled as lawful the shooting dead of a man by police in 2011 that sparked nationwide riots.

#POLAR VORTEX: The extreme cold temperatures in North America has led to the deaths of at least 21 people in the US.

#ISS: The International Space Station will operate for an additional four years, or until 2024, NASA confirmed today.

#BIRD FLU: Health authorities in Canada have said that the first death from avian flu has taken place in North America.

INNOVATION

• Sky has launched a new online catch-up service, allowing customers to watch major shows across 43 different channels.
• Toyota plans to release a emission-free car that runs on hydrogen fuel-cells next year.

PARTING SHOT

(Youtube / Little Green Cars)

The nominations for the Choice Music Prize best Irish album of 2013 were announced today. The full list of nominees are available here.