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

BUDGET 2016 

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• Budget 2016 was announced this afternoon, here are all the main points you need to know.
• We also have a blow-by-blow account of the day here.
• Here’s what’s changed with the Universal Social Charge.
• These are the winners and losers of Budget 2016. Where do you fall?

IRELAND

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• The former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm faces 33 charges if Ireland is successful in its extradition request in the US.
• A temporary site earmarked for the Carrickmines fire survivors has been “blockaded” by local residents.
• A four-year-old boy, Tom Connors, who lost his parents and three of his siblings in the Carrickmines fire tragedy at the weekend remains in hospital. 
• Garda Tony Golden will be laid to rest on Thursday, the father-of-three was shot dead while responding to a domestic violence case at a house in Co Louth on Sunday evening.
• An 80-year-old who assaulted a child multiple times a day had his jail term cut today.
• Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of Kevin Kletzander missing from Dublin.
• Actor Frank Kelly, best known for playing Father Jack in the hit series Father Ted, revealed he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

INTERNATIONAL

#MALAYSIA AIRLINES: An official report has found that a Russian-made missile took down the MH17, killing 298 people.

#ATTACKS: Jerusalem has suffered its bloodiest day yet, with at least three people killed and many wounded in shooting and car-and-knife attacks on Israelis.

#SOUTH CAROLINA: A 40-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being shot by her two-year-old grandson who found a gun in the back seat of a car.

#PAY DAY: Jennifer Lawrence got “mad” after discovering she was paid less than her male co-stars.

INNOVATION

• You need a driver’s licence to use these weird-looking scooters.
• Want to visit Paris? All you’ll need is a phone and some cardboard.

PARTING SHOT 

It’s not news to anyone that there are more men than women in positions of power and working in politics all across the world.

But this 45 second video shows exactly what world institutions would look like without any men:

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