EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…

• The National Asset Management Agency has begun legal action against developer Sean Dunne. It is believed that the agency intends to pursue personal guarantees given by Dunne to cover a number of property loans, the total sum of which may exceed €100 million.
• Gardaí are appealing for information from the public after the body of an elderly man was discovered at a retirement complex in Dublin today. The man, who was aged in his 70s, was found following a fire at a property at Ravensdale Close, Kimmage, Dublin 12. Gardaí have confirmed that he had been stabbed.
• Telephone service provider Eircom has admitted that it applied the new VAT rate to customer bills earlier than it should have, leading to 65,000 customer being overcharged in December.
• Gardaí and other emergency services attended a fire at a house in Castlebellingham in Louth last night, where two men were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. An army bomb disposal team was also dispatched over concerns about items that may have been in the house, as the owner of the house is understood to be a collector of military artefacts. Nobody was injured in the incident.
• The free-of-charge HPV vaccination programme has been received well by first and second year girls, according to figures released by the HSE. The vaccine, Gardasil, protects against strains of the HPV virus that can cause cervical cancer.

Historical re-enactors dressed as Russian imperial soldiers from the French Invasion of Russia of 1812 fire a cannon during celebrations to mark the Russian Orthodox Christmas in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

• Iran’s government has welcomed the US Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen who were captured by Somali pirates, calling the move “a positive humanitarian gesture”. However, some of the country’s media outlets see things differently.
• The Syrian government has vowed to respond to any actions deemed to be terrorist threats with an “iron fist”, following the deaths of 26 people in what is claimed to be a suicide bombing in a Damascus neighbourhood yesterday. Eleven policemen were killed when a bomb exploded in Damascus’ Midan neighborhood, one of the few parts of the heavily controlled capital that have seen protests against the regime.
• An extremist Muslim sect has claimed responsibility for the killings of at least 20 people who had gathered for a meeting of a Christian ethnic group in northeastern Nigeria.
• Scientists researching the nature of dementia say that mental dexterity could begin to decline as early as 45 years of age – not 60 as previously thought. Researchers say the study will prove valuable in understanding cognitive decline.
• Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy says Ireland has tech entrepreneurs – but needs to find a way of keeping them. The way to do this, he says, is for the government to support Irish tech start-ups without attaching too many strings.
• Are you a “right brain” or a “left brain” person – and what does that mean? We have an infographic that spills all…
• What you see is not always what you get: here are 12 reasons why you should never trust the pictures that hotels post online… you have been warned.
• Do you want to live out that childhood dream of becoming an astronaut? Good news – Nasa is hiring!

What would you say if you were told a 15-storey building could be build in 360 hours? And what is that building was 9-magnitude earthquake resistant, five times more energy efficient that standard buildings, and created filtered air that was 20 times purer that that outside? Well, seeing is believing…