Here's What Happened Today: Easter Sunday

The Rising, Belgium and bodies in a stream had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

1916 Easter Rising commemoration Grace Nic Mhathuna, six, from Dublin, waves a flag outside the GPO MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT

The country marked 100 years since the 1916 Rising
The bodies of a man and his son were found in Dublin
A report claimed the Port Tunnel could be unsafe
A Garda motorbike and an ambulance crashed into each other
Luas drivers went on strike
Dublin City Council said it charges the owners of electric vehicles for parking to ensure regular turnover
The clocks went forward – grand stretch in the evenings now
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Meath

INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan Blast Pakistani police officers stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in a park in Lahore, Pakistan. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#LAHORE: Over 50 people are dead after a bomb attack in Pakistan. A bomb ripped through a crowded park where Christians had gathered to celebrate Easter.

#BELGIUM: Police in Belgium used a water cannon after right-wing protesters showed up to the site of a shrine for those killed in Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels.

#LEEDS: Police in the UK have launched an investigation following the discovery of three bodies at a house in Leeds.

INNOVATION

Here’s how to make the Facebook app better for you.
Microsoft says it’s not planning digital game trade-ins

PARTING SHOT

For the day that’s in it, watch Captain Peter Kelleher of the Irish Defence Forces read the Irish Proclamation aloud outside the GPO. Spine-tingling.

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