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

IRELAND

Paramedic and Firefighter Stephen O'Neill outside Tara Street Fire station. SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) and members of the public and elected representatives came out to support protests against the breakup of the DFB today. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• The names of the 796 babies who died in the Tuam Mother and Baby Home were published
• The Citizens’ Assembly discussed abortion
• Nurses deferred a planned industrial action for Tuesday
• Vera Twomey continued her walk to the Dáil
• A man in his 40s died in motorcycle crash in Kilkenny
• The DUP scraped first place in the North’s elections
• The weather was crap

INTERNATIONAL

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill , Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams arrive for a post election press conference at their Falls Road office. Niall Carson / PA Niall Carson / PA / PA

#TAPPED UP: Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of tapping his phone during last year’s election.

#MOSUL: A suspected chemical weapons attack in the Iraqi city was slammed as “horrible”.

#MALAYSIA: Malaysia has suspended the North Korean ambassador over the assassination of the half-brother of Pyongyang’s leader.

PARTING SHOT

A pop up Gaeltacht will take over a Dublin street on 16 March to coincide with St Patrick’s Day and Seachtain na Gaeilge.

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