Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Kenny meets Trump, Rescue 116 search continues, and man charged over Danielle McLaughlin murder in India.

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

IRELAND

Enda Kenny visits US - Day Five US President Donald Trump meets Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Washington. Niall Carson / PA Wire Niall Carson / PA Wire / PA Wire

Enda Kenny met Donald Trump in the White House and the US President confirmed that he’d accepted an invitation to visit Ireland.
Vice-President Mike Pence also spoke about his Irish heritage.
After locating the homing beacon from helicopter’s black box, recovery teams are still searching for Rescue 116 and its three missing crew.
Indian police have said that the young Irish woman killed in India was also raped.
The funeral took place of Bishop Eamonn Casey.
A new report has found that 31% of people who died on Irish r oads had alcohol in their system.
A well-known boys’ boarding school in Offaly will stay open after receiving donations totalling €1.5 million.
The government repeated its pledge that hotels will no longer be used to house homeless families by July.
An 18-year-old man will be tried in the Special Criminal Court for the feud-linked murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas.

WORLD

SNP Spring Conference The SNP's spring conference kicks off amid talk of a new referendum. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#PARIS: An employee at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund was injured in the hands and face after opening a letter which exploded.

#TENSIONS: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused the EU’s top court of starting a “crusade” against Islam after its headscarf ruling.

#THE NETHERLANDS: Returning Dutch Prime Minister celebrated victory by saying the country had “said stop to the wrong kind of populism”.

PARTING SHOT

Foil Arms and Hog / YouTube

Ahead of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow, Foil, Arm and Hog have summed up the day’s many contradictions.

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