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

IRELAND

Various members of Sinn Féin indulge the party leader Gerry Adams in a selfie beside their newest campaign billboard today Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• he HSE has confirmed that the first two cases of the Zika virus in Ireland have emerged.
• The head of the HSE went in front of the Public Accounts Committee to answer questions regarding an abuse case at a foster home in Co Waterford.
• The weather isn’t letting up – the country was hit with hail, sleet and thunderstorms throughout the day.
• The Taoiseach went on local radio to confirm he’s going to call the election tomorrow.
• An Irish woman who died in a yachting accident in South Africa has been named as 49-year-old Rachel Daly.
• A National Lottery customer has just three days left to claim a win of €1 million.
• David Drumm’s brother says he’ll return to Ireland if he’s granted bail here.
• A walker has sued for €60,000 in damages after cutting her knee while hiking on the Wicklow Way.
• A new Sinn Féin billboard takes aim at Fine Gael’s “deeply dishonest” figures.
• Eamon de Valera’s grandson Éamon Ó Cúiv was not impressed by his grandfather’s representation in RTÉ drama Rebellion.
• There was a big drop in unemployment in January.
  
• A Traveller protest over accommodation was held outside Dáil Éireann.
• Michael Healy-Rae launched a one-of-a-kind election music video.
• A court heard how gardaí traced a can of Red Bull found at a murder scene to a shop in Dublin.

WORLD

Hillary Clinton embraces husband Bill in Nashua, New Hampshire, today. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#THAILAND: A British tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant.

#US: Hillary Clinton has barely edged the Democratic caucus in Iowa, almost a day after Ted Cruz was declared the clear victor over Donald Trump in the Republican version.

#COSBY: The veteran comedian was back in court in Pennsylvania amid claims he has lost his eyesight.

INNOVATION

• Even Sesame Street is getting into the venture-capital game…
• Youtube stars the Fine Brothers have apologised for trying to trademark ‘reaction videos’.

PARTING SHOT

A couple lost their wedding ring. Until it turned up inside their baby. Oh dear. [i100]

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