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

IRELAND

Members and supporters of the Traveller community from Co Carlow outside Leinster House this evening Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

• Traveller ethnicity has been recognised in Ireland for the first time.
• The funeral of Wexford man David Walsh, who was stabbed in Australia last month, has taken place.
• John Gilligan will have to provide proof of income if he wants taxpayers to fund a new home.
• A man in his 60s has died after a collision between two cars in Mayo.
• Mary Lou McDonald reckons that Simon Coveney’s ‘tough guy’ stance on Irish Water has more to do with the Fine Gael leadership race.
• A Garda has told the High Court that he was removed from a special crime task force due to his relationship with a woman with criminal elements in her family.
• Former governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley has issued a strongly-worded appeal to Enda Kenny over the pending St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House.
• A weather warning came into effect this afternoon in Munster, Wexford and Galway.
• An allegation of abuse of another child at the ‘Grace’ home was reported to gardaí in 1996.
• A man has been charged over the murder of Waterford pensioner Paddy Lyons.

INTERNATIONAL

Vietnamese suspect Doan Thi Huong in the ongoing assassination investigation of Kim Jong-Nam is escorted from court in Malaysia today PA PA

#NORTH KOREA: Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-Un’s half brother have pleaded not guilty.

#FRANCE: Leadership candidate Francois Fillon is to face charges over a ‘fake jobs’ scandal.

#BRITAIN: A paedophile who hid a girl behind a fridge has been jailed for 27 years.

PARTING SHOT

In honour of Seachtain na Gaeilge, here’s Stephen Fry… not being overly adept at speaking a cúpla focail:

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