Updated 9.39 pm

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

President Michael D Higgins, Inspects the Guard of Honour Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• 5,000 people turned out to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
• Phonecalls about the Sophie Toscan Du Plantier murder investigation were recorded on purpose according to an internal garda statement.
• The Dublin and Monaghan bombings weren’t raised on the President’s State Visit to the UK says Tánaiste Éamon Gilmore.
• A 78-year-old man died after being crushed by a tractor in Donegal.
• Seven local election candidates in their 20s told us why they’re running.
• Gardaí on a routine patrol arrested a man who had moments before robbed a petrol station in Dublin.
• Music festival Oxegen will not be taking place this year it was confirmed.
• Over 1500 breath tests were carried out last night, nine people were arrested.
• The death of 30-year-old woman found at a house in Belfast is being treated as suspicious by police.
• Army experts made safe a homemade bomb found outside a house in Tallaght.

INTERNATIONAL

After spending nearly two decades of his life in prison for a murder conviction that was twice overturned, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter has died aged 76. S&G and Barratts / EMPICS Sport S&G and Barratts / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

#KOREAN FERRY: 19 bodies have now been removed from the ship which sank on Wednesday. 244 people are still unaccounted for.

#MH192: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bangalore was forced to make a safe emergency landing after a tyre problem after take-off.

#UKRAINE: Four militants died in Ukrainian firefight overnight despite a Kiev backed ‘Easter truce’.

#420: Cannabis smokers and campaigners across North America have been celebrating ’420′, 20 April. Here’s why.

INNOVATION

• TheJournal.ie got its hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S5 and we shared our thoughts. 
• A design flaw in the Citicorp Center in New York City could have wiped out the 59 story skyscraper. [Slate]

PARTING SHOT

{Billy Horan} {Billy Horan}

This magnificent photo was taken by Billy Horan on top of Mount Brandon in Co. Kerry this morning.  He tells us that he started the hike at 3.45 am and that it’s usually difficult to get such a clear view from the summit. We thank you for getting up so early in that case.

Here’s what happened yesterday >

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