Updated 11.06pm

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

The scene of the shooting in Ballymun Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• A man was shot dead outside a school in Dublin.
• The GardaGate inquiry will cost a lot of money.
• The Government has been warned to stick to its austerity plans.
• A teenager has drowned while swimming in a Dublin reservoir.
• Gardaí are to work as social welfare inspectors.
• The head of the NTMA is optimistic about Ireland.
• Alan Shatter won’t be invited to the GRA conference (again)
• The jury in the Anglo trial is still mulling over the verdict.
• Important: today’s sunny weather? Could be more on the way.
• The note calling off the 1916 Rising has sold at auction.

INTERNATIONAL

Ukrainian army troops today. AP Photo / Sergei Grits AP Photo / Sergei Grits / Sergei Grits

#UKRAINE: Tensions are running high in Ukraine after the acting president announced the start of an ‘anti-terrorist operation‘ against pro-Russian separatists. There are fears that it could be the start of civil war in the country. [BBC]

#KANSAS CITY: A former member of the KKK has been charged with murder after shooting 3 people at Jewish sites in the US and shouting ‘Heil Hitler’. All three victims were Christian.

#BOSTON BOMBING: Boston has marked the first anniversary of the two bombs which hit the city’s marathon last year, killing three people and wounding more than 260 others. [Boston.com]

#MAX CLIFFORD: Jurors have retired to consider their verdicts in the sex assault trial of public relations guru Max Clifford.

INNOVATION

• NASA is asking members of the public to select the spacesuit of the future. No pressure. [Guardian] 
• Get ready to pay for things with your veins – at least, if this apparently fool-proof plan by developers takes off. [Quartz]

PARTING SHOT

In April 1971, the first ever transatlantic flight left from Dublin to New York. An RTE camera crew was on board and recorded the whole thing for posterity, including the giant seats, interesting-looking food, and awkward Irish people trying to look cool in front of the camera. “It’s so damn big that walking down its corridors is almost like a stroll down Grafton  Street,” the presenter notes, as he strolls through the plane. Quite. [RTE Archive]

Originally published 8.59pm

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