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

IRELAND

Pictured is a 1996 bronze-cast statue of Michael Collins by Eamonn O'Doherty at the Portraits of a Nation exhibition currently running at Farmleigh Gallery. The exhibition features 82 portraits by 54 artists, from the State Art Collection which is managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). It runs until 29 May. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Nobody won the vote to be Taoiseach
• But Fianna Fáil says it won’t be Micheál Martin
• A man was shot dead in Dublin
• A new report said one third of Irish children are materially deprived
• A man was arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Monaghan
• It was revealed 123.ie overcharged 8,000 customers
• A woman who ran four brothels was jailed
• Ryanair announced new routes from Cork Airport

INTERNATIONAL

The site of a building collapse in the Canary Islands today.

#TENERIFE: Three people were injured after an apartment building collapsed in the tourist resort of Los Cristianos in Tenerife.

#LESLIE VAN HOUTEN: The youngest member of the Manson Family applied for parole for the 21st time.

#ZIKA: US health authorities confirmed that the Zika virus causes birth defects including a syndrome in which babies are born with unusually small heads.

INNOVATION

• Facebook’s latest VR demonstration features a virtual selfie stick.
• Should you buy an iPhone SE?

PARTING SHOT

Drone footage is pretty common these days, but of central London it’s pretty rare. Which is why this footage taken by a rule-breaking Londoner is so incredible.