Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

IRELAND

There is little hope of a Taoiseach being elected today - despite a fresh vote in Leinster House later. TDs will be back in the Dáil this afternoon for the second vote, 40 days after the General Election. Ruth Coppinger will make history today - by becoming the first woman to be nominated as Taoiseach - when she is put forward by People Before Profit and the Anti Austerity Alliance.

Meanwhile, Gerry Adams has said this afternoon's sitting of the Dáil is entirely pointless and a charade. The Sinn Féin leader will not put his name forward to be elected Taoiseach this afternoon.

TDs should be threatened with a wage cut if they don't form a new Government soon, according to Mattie McGrath.

A man has died after falling from a roof in Co Donegal. The incident happened in Falcarragh at 9am yesterday morning.

More trouble for Michaella McCollum as conflicting information has surfaced about the sectarian threats she claimed forced her to leave Northern Ireland.

A husband and wife were killed in a head-on collision in Cork yesterday evening. The two deceased were named locally as Con and Mary McCarthy from Velvetstown near Buttevant. They were in their early 70s and are survived by three sons, John, David, and Conor.

WORLD

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko has started another hunger strike while in Russian custody, according to her lawyer.

Dozens of migrants have been apprehended by the Turkish coast guard on the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece.

Global military spending rose in 2015 to nearly €1.5trn, the first increase in several years, driven by conflicts including the battle against Islamic State (IS), the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and fears about Iran.

SPORT

Joe Hart will return for Manchester City as they face the latest barometer of their Champions League progress against Paris Saint-Germain.

Annie Power can supplement her emotional and brilliant Cheltenham Festival victory with another major success in the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle.

Mike Quirke writes in his column that Kerry's celebrity status and powers of plamás must be eventually wearing off with the officials.

BUSINESS

Almost €4.5bn was spent on debit cards here last December. Figures released by the Central Bank show that nearly 2.8 billion was Point of Sale activity.

Pfizer will need to reduce the cost of producing some of its core products by up to 20% and stay extremely focused on competitiveness in the coming years, according to the head of its Cork operations.

VIEWPOINTS

Underlying public outrage is fuelled by the fact only some, can put their money beyond reach, writes Gerard Howlin

LIFESTYLE

You may have heard people in the fashion know commenting on your ‘cold shoulder’ this season. Fear not, it doesn’t mean your resting ‘bitch face’ is at play again. No, instead you are obviously embracing the season’s must-have trend, the off-the-shoulder top.

VIDEO

When this Irish dad came across his young son making an absolute hames of turning on the Hoover (a bad sign), he recognised the opportunity to impart a valuable life lesson.

VIRAL

It’s a bit early to be thinking about Jagermeisterr but watch this anyway. Tully’s Bar in Carlow shared this video of one of their barman attempting to pour ten Jagerbombs at once.

Clean eating is concept that’s emerged in recent years – and it’s left some people very confused. Health fanatics will tell you it’s a ‘lifestyle’ not just a healthy diet and is essentially about sticking to non-processed, nutritious, whole foods.

TECHNOW

GAMING: Rugby Challenge 3 will be released on April 22nd and while there hasn’t been much promotion for it to date, a gameplay trailer has just been released.

MOVIES: Roald Dahl classic The BFG is coming back again as a blockbuster from Steven Spielberg, and it's got an Oscar winner behind the face of this giant.

TECH: HP has a plan to capture the market around the Apple MacBook, and their latest volley comes in the form of the Spectre 13.3.

SHOWBIZ

Mairead Ronan has admitted some people thought she had become overweight recently when she was in fact pregnant.

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