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

IRELAND

Robbie Keane was at Our Lady's Childrens Hospital Crumlin today with his LA Galaxy teammates. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell was caught by police in Belfast. 
• A text was read out in the Graham Dwyer trial stating: ‘Must get fit for the murder’.
• Melanie McCarthy-McNamara killer won his High Court case over solitary confinement.
• Irish Water answered some of your questions in the TheJournal.ie offices.
• Tesco recalled a number of products.
• The Taoiseach said he doesn’t want extra security.
• Complaints were made about pig who’s trying to raise money for charity.
• The ISS flew over Ireland, but you can catch it again tomorrow.
• A 17-year-old was rearrested in relation to the death of schoolboy Oisín McGrath.
• Coppers is taking some of its customers skiing.
• The banking inquiry was told that letting Anglo Irish Bank collapse would have been a mistake.
• Aodhán Ó Ríordáin got flak for his tweet about that Chelsea fan video.
• Priests took selfies for Ash Wednesday.
• Darren Clarke will captain Europe at the 2016 Ryder Cup

INTERNATIONAL 

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chats with Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#ALABAMA: A police officer pleaded not guilty to slamming a grandfather to the ground, partially paralysing him.

#UK: Comedian Frankie Boyle wrote a lengthy piece about the media censoring offending material.

#GREECE: Germany thinks Greece is ‘insulting’ countries like Ireland

INNOVATION

• Was life started by alien space seeds? [Geek.com]
• Ever wondered why smoking cannabis brings on the munchies? A new study has the answer. [Time.com]

PARTING SHOT 

It was never over for this couple. Watch this 75-year-old man propose to his ex-wife 43 years after they got divorced.

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