EVERY EVENING,TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the latest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed during the day.

• The Nyberg Commission’s report published today included some interesting graphs which show just how precarious the loan-to-capital ratio was in Irish banks ahead of the bank guarantee. Ahead of the report’s release, former trader Nick Leeson said it should not simply pay lip service to reform.
• Sick of the pre-flight race for seats on Ryanair? The airline has announced it is to begin trials for reserved seating on certain routes which will allow passengers to choose their seat in advance.
• Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has recommended Ireland’s participation in an EU air passenger data sharing deal which would grant member states’ national authorities special access to that information.
• Police in Texas say a six-year-old child brought a loaded gun to school which then fell out of his bag and discharged. Three children have been injured, though the injuries are thought to range from being grazed by the bullet to powder burns.
• Having a pet dog could be banned in Iran, where a bill has been proposed to criminalise dog ownership because of its “blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the West”.
• Trinity’s new provost Prof Patrick Prendergast says he is recommending changes to the CAO system and wants to see his university’s admissions policy changed so as to give students from disadvantaged areas a better chance of getting in.
• Up to three times more drivers have been caught speeding in the past year than the year before due to the new private speed cameras introduced in November 2010.
• World governments have pledged some $785m (€550m) to Ukraine for the country to build a new containment shell over the stricken reactor number 4 at the Chernobyl power plant, the Guardian reports. This covering is designed to prevent further radiation leaks for 100 years.
• Police in Yemen have killed at least three protesters ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on the country’s political unrest, Al Jazeera reports.
• Six people in Germany have been injured after circus families attacked each other with knives, guns and batons in a disagreement over tent space, according to Reuters.
• Wondering what to do with those old games consoles? This Game Boy user found a new use for theirs:

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