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.

• Gardaí in Ennis are appealing for help in locating 48-year-old Evelyn Vaughan who has been missing since yesterday morning.
• Online advertising spending grew 13.5 per cent last year, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCooper.
• The IMF is on a roll this week. In its third major report in three days, the financial organisation warns that the sovereign debt problems in Europe continue to pose a risk to global financial stability.
• The EU has imposed a €315.2m fine on two major consumer product companies for price fixing… laundry detergent.
• The Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, 74, has said he will not contest the country’s next general election in 2013, the Guardian reports.
• A pathologist has told the inquest into the death of a man who died after being pushed and knocked down by a police officer during the London G20 protests in 2009 that the push may have caused the heart attack which killed him. But, the BBC reports, the pathologist also said he could not establish a causal link between between the push and his death.
• People in Thailand have been marking the country’s New Year in the first of three days of celebration.
• In his first visit to Ireland in 20 years, exiled Nobel Peace laureate the Dalai Lama travelled to Kildare town today. If you happen to be heading to Limerick to see him there tomorrow, check out these tips on what not to say to the Tibetan spiritual leader.
• Chat show host Piers Morgan and footballer Rio Ferdinand have been having a bit of an argument on Twitter, with the soccer star attempting to get #piershasmoobs trending.
• This long-haul air passenger decided to make good use of his time on board by shooting an incredible time-lapse video of the journey. It also captures the spectacular colours of the Aurora Borealis en route (via BoingBoing):

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