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

IRELAND

Taoiseach Enda Kenny pictured with Dun Laoghaire Fine Gael councillor Maria Bailey at the party's Ard Fheis at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin today Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• An Irish tourist has died after falling into a river in Australia.
• Anti-water charge protests took place around the country.
• Gardaí released a second photo of Grand Canal murder victim Kenneth O’Brien.
• The Taoiseach will not name the general election date in his speech to the Fine Gael Ard Fheis this evening.
• At the same Ard Fheis finance minister Michael Noonan likened Fianna Fáil to “Comical Ali as the tanks roll in”.
• The wife of a local Fine Gael councillor has received 20 stitches after being attacked by a fox.
• A man has been arrested in Co Meath after a woman found him in her home.
• A man was found dead lying in the road in Coalisland, Co Tyrone.
• Paramedics at St James’s Hospital in Dublin say they’re not being sent out on calls.
• A poll has declared that Enda Kenny has been a better Taoiseach than either Bertie Ahern or Brian Cowen.

WORLD

A snowball fight breaks out in front of the snow-covered White House in Washington today AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UK: A man who was acquitted of rape has been ordered to inform the authorities if he plans to have sex.

#GOOGLE: The online search giant is to pay the UK exchequer €172 million in back taxes after the conclusion of a six-year probe by revenue and customs there.

#SYDNEY: The St Patrick’s Day parade in the Australian city has been cancelled due to a lack of funding.

#GERMANY: Police have captured one of the perpetrators of the Cologne sex attacks who escaped during a beer hall visit.

#ENGLAND: A woman has claimed that she threw a €43 million winning lottery ticket in the wash.

#US: The giant storm dubbed ‘Snowzilla’ has killed at least eight people.

#CANADA: Four people have died in a shooting at a community school in Saskatchewan.

INNOVATION

• Here’s all you need to know about DDoS attacks – the hacking attacks that brought Irish government sites to a standstill last week. [TheJournal.ie]
• This astronaut will this evening embark on the first Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session delivered from outer space. [Engadget]

PARTING SHOT

It turns out pandas like making snow angels as much as humans. Who knew.

Tian Tian, a panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC, just lets it all hang out.

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