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

IRELAND

Triston Downey and Ciaran McPolin from Derry at the 45th International Band Championship in Limerick. Sean Curtin Sean Curtin

• A leaked Labour memo shows the party discussed water charges five years ago.
• Gardaí are investigating an alleged assault at the meeting of a party that wants “proper border control”.
• Senator Fidelma Healy Eames questioned whether we’d celebrate Mother’s Day if same-sex marriage was law.
• Ireland were knocked out of the Cricket World Cup.
• Martin McGuinness denied that there was a Sinn Féin investigation into child abuse in the republican movement.
• Mary McAleese said that Pope Francis is a ‘lovely person’ but carries a ‘residual element of misogyny’.
• Migrants marched in Dublin asking Enda Kenny to treat them the same as the “undocumented Irish”.

INTERNATIONAL

A girl wearing a wig smiles at London's St Patrick's Day Parade.. Daniel Leal-Olivas / PA Daniel Leal-Olivas / PA / PA

#FERGUSON: A suspect has been arrested following the shooting of two police officers during protests in Ferguson. [Buzzfeed]

#CYCLONE PAM: The devastation on Vanuatu after a massive cyclone hit is becoming clear with reports entire villages “blown away”.

#SAFE HAVEN: Baby boxes, for parents to anonymously give up their newborns are being considered in the US.

#RED BUTTON: Vladimir Putin has said he was ready to put Russia’s nuclear weapons on standby during tensions with Ukraine. [BBC]

INNOVATION

• Paying for stuff with you mobile phone, how does it actually work? 
• Do you have a Facebook status ready for after you die? Maybe you should.

PARTING SHOT

Wondering what to do on St. Patrick’s Day? Why not get out and explore some of Ireland’s hills. Just like Iain Miller who hiked up the steep ridge of Donegal’s Errigal with a Go Pro to bring us this video.

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