Updated at 8.41pm

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news…

[Image: Photocall Ireland]

IRELAND

• Finance Minister Michael Noonan (above) said CRC top-up money should be paid back
• Solomon Soremekun, the toddler killed in a lift accident in Galway, was laid to rest
• The ASTI and TUI decided to ballot members on junior cycle non-cooperation
• Gardaí launched an investigation into the death of a teenager in Blessington
• Anti-war campaigners vowed to continue their campaign in support of Margaretta D’Arcy
• Searches for missing John Gear in Waterford continued
• The upgrading of Ireland’s credit rating by Moody’s was broadly welcomed
• Protests were held over Advance Pitstop JobBridge ads
• Eirgrid said it would still accept pylon submissions, despite the deadline passing
• Irish Water said disruption was ‘unavoidable‘ during the installation of meters
• Concerns were raised over messages on an anti-Muslim Facebook page

WORLD

Tributes are left at Ferry Gait Crescent in Edinburgh [Image: : Danny Lawson/PA Wire]

#SCOTLAND: The mother of 3-year-old Mikaeel Kular is being questioned by police after the toddler’s body was found in Fife

#MIDDLE EAST: The deeply divided Syrian opposition has agreed to enter renewed peace talks next week

#CAR: Fresh fighting has broken out in the Central African Republic

#INDIA: The autopsy of the body of an Indian minister’s wife has shown she suffered an “unnatural death”

INNOVATION

• Google has confirmed it’s testing a “smart contact lens” that may help people with diabetes [BBC]
• What’s the deal with 3D printing — and how long before I have a printer in my house? TheJournal.ie takes a look…
• And, ever wondered what lurks in Facebook’s ‘other’ inbox? Click, if you dare…

PARTING SHOT

So, this is terrifying…

…and it’s meant to be.

French child advocacy group Innocence en Danger has created a series of posters featuring human emoticons with the aim of highlighting the dangers posed by internet predators.

First posted at 7pm.