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

Sam Moriarty, Kate Bradley and Niall Henry demonstrated their Rugby Robots in advance of the 2014 Siemens RoboRugby Competition final in UCD. Photocall Ireland Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• Ruairí Quinn had a tough day, he wants teachers to do Higher Level Maths and was called sexist. He was later booed by secondary teachers. 
• 25-year-old student Eoin Deasy from Cork died in a hiking accident in the Alps.
• Paul Murphy MEP has been forced to take down some of his election posters after he erected them early. In fact, he’s not the only one.
• Sixty-five complaints about Paddy Power’s Oscar Pistorius ads in Irish newspapers have been upheld.
• 153 drivers were arrested for drink driving over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
• A deer head was found in a house in Tallaght thanks to the actions of gardaí acting under Operation Bambi.
• Simon Harris insists he wasn’t talking about party colleague Deirdre Clune when he gave out about election resources.
• Gardaí are looking for two people who hijacked a car and left a woman injured in hospital.
• Despite their tough immigration stance, UKIP appears to be fine with Irish workers.

INTERNATIONAL

An Aboriginal woman performs for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to Uluru in Australia. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#MOYES OUT: After just 295 days as manager of Manchester United, David Moyes was sacked by the club.

#PALCOHOL: Powdered alcohol, which was recently approved by US regulators, may take some time to go on sale because of taxing issues.

#UNDOCUMENTED: A US policy change could shield Irish immigrants from deportation.

#OSCAR PISTORIUS: A spokesperson for the former Olympian has denied suggestions that he took acting classes ahead of his murder trial.

INNOVATION

• Netflix is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more internet video.
  
• WhatsApp now has over 500 million active users. [Mashable]

PARTING SHOT

The video editors on The Jimmy Kimmel Show really deserve a raise. The show has had some classics before, but last night’s video might just top them all. It’s NBC News anchor Brian Williams rapping Snoop Dogg’s Gin ‘n Juice. Enjoy!

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