EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed along the way.

• TV3 has confirmed the line-up for its live televised debate on the Fiscal Compact tomorrow night: Sinn Féin deputy president Mary Lou McDonald and the Socialist Party’s Joe Higgins will argue against ratification, while Fianna Fáil leader Michaél Martin and Fine Gael’s agriculture minister Simon Coveney will argue in favour. Martin is the only party leader who accepted the invitation to participate in the debate.
• There has been a dramatic 45 per cent increase in the number of people sent to prison over the past five years. However, records show that the number of prison staff has actually fallen over the same period.
• The Minister for Education says he plans to bring in new legislation “setting out clear guidelines” f0r school enrolment. It emerged today that the Department of Education and Skills has initiated an inspection of the school where a teenage girl was refused enrolment because she was pregnant.
• Gardaí are appealing for the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of missing man Seán Walzer, who was last seen on Patrick St, Kilkenny, at 11am on Sunday 29 April. See here for more details and a photo of Seán.
• The Finance Minister is to establish an implementation group in order to facilitate the restructuring of the the country’s Credit Unions, following recommendations recently published in major report.
• A short documentary about traditional turf-cutting practices in Ireland is getting its international premiere this evening at the prestigious Hot Docs documentary festival in Toronto, Canada. Home Turf is one of 189 documentaries chosen from thousands of entries from around the world, and one of just two Irish documentaries screening at this year’s festival.
• At least 35 people have died and a further 165 are missing after a packed ferry sank in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India today. Assam state police chief JN Choudhury told the media that the boat was carrying about 350 passengers and broke into two pieces before sinking.
• The European Commission President is to boycott the European soccer championships in June, pointing to Ukraine’s human rights record as the reason behind his decision.

Egyptians sit at a café talking beneath campaign posters for former presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail in central Cairo, Egypt, April 30, 2012.  (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)

• A volunteer-run service aimed at helping people suffering from depression has launched its website and hopes to roll out an information programme to schools. The #DepressionHurts campaign asks schools to give over one lesson to educating children on spotting depression in others – and reaching out if they are suffering.
• One World Trade Center is now New York City’s tallest building - reclaiming the title held by its predecessors destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. Check out this time-lapse video of the building’s eight-year construction…
• The Golden Eagle Trust has described as a “momentous occasion” the nesting of two White-tailed eagles in Co Clare – which will be the first documented nesting attempt for the species in Ireland in over 100 years.
• Check out our ‘Nice Touch’ Pic of the Day – in honour of the Clermont Auvergne fans who put together a big banner – as Gaeilge – to welcome the travelling Leinster support to Bordeaux.
• A postcard sent in 1958 has finally reached its destination half a century later – with a little help from Facebook. The postcard recently arrived in the mailbox of Elizabeth Fulcher, who posted a photo of it on Facebook in the hopes of tracking down the intended recipient. Amazingly, 71-year-old Scott McMurry saw it and a immediately recognised his late mother’s handwriting.
• This 6-year-old’s rendition of Piano Man by Billy Joel will probably make you feel slightly less impressed with your  own efforts at playing the piano…

And finally, if Monday is getting you down, we recommend that you watch this:

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