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.

• Members of the European Parliament today voted in favour of a resolution which would see a financial transactions tax rolled out in some, but not all, EU member states – a move that goes directly against the wishes of Michael Noonan and is likely to be opposed by the Irish government.
• The Irish Association of Irish Suicidology has warned that unemployed people are two to three times more likely to die by suicide than those who are in employment. Speaking at the Working Together to Prevent Suicide event in Templeglantine, Dan Neville said that unemployment is a factor which is associated with a 70 per cent higher risk of suicide.
• Three male prisoners absconded from Loughan House low-security prison for three hours last night before being apprehended by Gardaí and PSNI officers. Staff at the prison spotted the three inmates leave over one of the perimeter fences on the grounds before 6pm yesterday evening.
• Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey has been released from hospital and given a clean bill of health, after falling ill on Tuesday. The 41-year-old became ill while waiting to get a form signed at a Garda Station, with initial fears that he had suffered a heart attack. Tests on Carey showed that he had not suffered any form of cardiac issue.
• Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston, who spent much of her childhood in Ireland, has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine to ensure that Ireland honours its commitment to ban fur farming. Huston said she used to wear fur until she learned about the cruel conditions in which the animals used were raised.
• Customer care staff at mobile phone network Vodafone have voted to pursue industrial action in protest at the potential transfer of hundreds of roles to Northern Ireland.
• Libya is expecetd to lift its 16-year-long ban on Irish beef “shortly”, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney revealed today. The progress reflects years of intensive efforts at political, diplomatic and technical levels, said Coveney, adding that it is a “very exciting time for Irish agriculture and food”.

Indian milkmen pour milk on their leaders during a protest in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.The milkmen were protesting against the decision of milk products producing companies to reduce the purchasing price of milk and demanded a minimum support price for milk procurement. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)

• Making a big decision? Try thinking about it in a foreign language first: a study published in Psychological Science says thinking in a second language “provides greater cognitive and emotional distance” when considering options.
• Coarse language and violence in children’s books is a growing concern of parents, according to a survey of libraries in the UK which revealed there are dozens of children’s books which have provoked complaints – including books by Roald Dahl like Revolting Rhymes and Even More Revolting Rhymes. One Irish children’s bookseller told TheJournal.ie that the content of many teen books are a cause of concern  - with the Twilight series often being cited by parents.
• Almost one million never-before-seen photos of life in New York City over the past 100 years have been released for the first time. The stunning images show everything from stately buildings, to everyday life to grisly gangland killings.
• A group of Oxford scholars say they have discovered evidence that another person, apart from William Shakespeare, wrote All’s Well That Ends Well. The scholars say the playwright and poet Thomas Middleton was the likely co-author, following a detailed analysis of the play’s vocabulary, rhyming, style and grammar.

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