Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Another twist in the Luas dispute, more government talks and the death of David Gest.

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

IRELAND

A reader sent in this great shot of Ballybunion beach, Co Kerry. Frankie Shanley captured the image earlier this evening. Frankie Shanley Frankie Shanley

Luas operator Transdev put all staff on protective notice in the latest twist in the ongoing dispute with drivers.
A man died in an industrial accident at a cement factory in Waterford.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil held more talks about forming a government.
A father forced his young son to have sex with his mother before showing a video tape of it to others, a court was told.
MMA fighter Joao Carvalho died after being injured at a mixed martial arts event in Dublin on Saturday night.
Gardaí face threats and intimidation from criminals on a daily basis, the association representing middle-ranking officers said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said Ibrahim Halawa has been moved to a different prison in Egypt and is not missing.
Six valuable paintings reported stolen from a church in Galway in 2013 have been found in Offaly.
A young woman who was driving when a car crash claimed the lives of four of her close friends asked for her passport to be returned.
Dublin City Council defended itself against criticism that it breached data protection laws after making public CCTV images purporting to show people illegally dumping.
Gardaí investigating an armed robbery at an adventure centre in south Dublin arrested a man in his 20s.
Some Netflix users are facing a €2 per month price increase from May onwards.

INTERNATIONAL

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#LONDON: Music producer David Gest was found dead at a London hotel.
#AMSTERDAM: Military police arrested a man and are conducting an investigation at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after a report of a “suspicious situation”.
#CALIFORNIA: Three young Irish women who rented the Berkeley apartment where a balcony collapse killed six people last summer are suing the apartment owners and managers for emotional distress.
#GERMANY: A rail dispatcher was playing a game on his phone shortly before two trains he was in charge of collided in February, killing 11 people, prosecutors said.
#LONDON: A man who suspected his wife was having an affair has been found guilty of her murder.
#US: A judge ruled that Led Zeppelin’s iconic song Stairway to Heaven may be partly stolen.

INNOVATION

Soon you’ll be able to control your Android phone without using your fingers.
HTC’s latest phone is tackling a problem that plagues most devices.

PARTING SHOT

KildareStreet.com has created a calculator that shows how much it’s costing taxpayers while politicians try to hammer out a deal on forming a new government.

Note: They are technically still doing their jobs.

Comments have been disabled because of ongoing legal proceedings in a number of the stories mentioned above.

Originally published at 9pm