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

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IRELAND

• The ‘dark side’ fear Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness said today at the launch of a mural of the Sinn Féin leader.
• Meanwhile, Mary Lou McDonald is “extremely angry” over the situation.
• A woman died and three children were brought to hospital after the car they were in collided with a bus.
• Mary Hanafin intends to run in the local elections – but Fianna Fáil only wants one candidate on its ticket in her area.
• Large numbers turned out for a pro-life vigil in Dublin this afternoon.
• A study confirmed a link between swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, and narcolepsy.
• Candidate Memet Uludag replaced offensive vandalised posters in Blanchardstown.
• A young man was seriously injured in an early-morning assault in Tuam.
• A man in his 70s was arrested after €5.1m of cannabis resin and cannabis herb were discovered at the IKEA car park in Dublin.
• A bag of €16,000 in punts was found behind a statue in a church in Cork.

INTERNATIONAL

A pro-Russian activist burns a Ukrainian national flag and security documents seized from the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UKRAINE Kidnapped international observers were released in Ukraine.

#UK Police are investigating new claims against Max Clifford of sexual assault.

#AFGHANISTAN Searches are underway for survivors of a major landslide that buried an entire village.

#TOP GEAR The BBC has issued a ‘final warning’ to Jeremy Clarkson over allegations he used a racist term.

INNOVATION

• Professional soccer teams use data to help recruit players, maximise their team’s fitness, and more. But it turns out that not all this data is used properly. [Quartz]
• Oh dear. Samsung is to pay Apple $11.9 million for ‘willfully stealing and copying’. Here’s more.

PARTING SHOT

Max Clifford was sentenced to eight years in prison earlier this week for sexual assault offences. Simon Hattenstone writes in The Guardian about his visit to Clifford’s home before the court appearances began, and the trial itself.