Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Dara Fitzpatrick’s funeral, hillwalker found and Trump tales on Germany.

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

IRELAND

The Coffin of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick leaving St Patrick's Church in Glencullen. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was laid to rest in Dublin.
A body was recovered in the search for a missing hillwalker in the Maamturk mountains.
There were angry scenes at GamerCon in Dublin as the organisers were accused of selling more tickets than capacity.
A man in his 30s was seriously wounded after suffering multiple stab wounds in an assault in Longford.
A man who was caught with a half-tonne of fertiliser in the van he was driving was jailed for IRA membership.
A shop assistant suffered serious head injuries when he was assaulted by two men who tried to rob a store in Finglas.
Ireland beat England at the Aviva Stadium in rugby’s Six Nations.

WORLD

SNP Spring Conference Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon vowed to push ahead with plans for another independence referendum Andrew Milligan / PA Wire Andrew Milligan / PA Wire / PA Wire

#ORLY: A man who tried to take a firearm from a soldier at a Paris airport was shot dead by security services.

#BERLIN BRAWL: After yesterday’s uneasy meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Donald Trump claimed that Germany owes Nato “vast sums of money”.

#GORGEOUS GEORGE: Former UK finance minister George Osborne defended his appointment as editor of one the UK’s biggest newspapers.

PARTING SHOT

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