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

IRELAND

3,500 people, including the Easter Bunny and Pippa O'Connor, descended on Dublin`s Merrion Square to search for Cadbury Easter Eggs for a worthy cause 100% of funds from tickets sales go directly to Barnardos.To show your support for a the cause this Easter text 'BARNARDOS' to 50300 to donate €4. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Irish Water was placed on the government’s books, temporarily
• But they explained wanting to know your hall door colour
• Gardaí investigated the alleged assault of a newborn baby
• Four men appeared in court charged with a drug seizure in Dublin
• Five people were hurt in a car crash on Dublin’s northside
• The opposition slated the government’s plans for commemorating 1916.
• The bomb squad were called to the Phoenix Park
• AIB customers were left out of pocket because of a mistake
• People in Kerry put a whale back in the sea

INTERNATIONAL

The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu (right) baptises Amelia Scarlet Lennox (centre) outside York Minster as part of the Easter celebrations PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#KENYA: Kenyan police arrested five people as they named Mohamed Mohamud, a quietly spoken former teacher, as the alleged mastermind of the massacre of 148 people in a university in Garissa this week.

#FRENCHGATE: The leader of the Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon denies that she told France’s ambassador to Britain that she wanted David Cameron to remain as prime minister after the 7 May vote.

#HAVANA BALL: Fidel Castro was seen in public for the first time in 14 months.

#REVENGE PORN: A man who set up a site which posted sexually explicit pictures of men and women without their permission has been jailed for 18 years.

INNOVATION

• The internet is a great place to waste time. Here are 14 sites to do just that. 
• Fitness trackers – any use?

PARTING SHOT

Who earns what in Hollywood? The Rock earns a lot more that Seth Rogen, apparently, but Leonardo DiCaprio outearns them all.

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