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

IRELAND

Archaeologists Phillippa Barry and Ian McCarthy (@DiscProg) put together this display for their office window in Merrion Square to mark Heritage Week and promote an event telling the story of the square through the ages. The event takes place this Saturday at 63 Merrion Square this Saturday. For more information click below. Eve Eve

• An elderly woman was killed after being hit by a Garda car 
• The Department of Defence confirmed no Irish troops were among dozens of UN peacekeepers captured at the Golan Heights
• A Bank of Ireland delay made people wait for their wages
• Enda Kenny remained tight-lipped about whether he’d take up his ice bucket challenge nominations
• NUJ members at Independent News and Media passed motions hitting out at management
• The NBRU and Irish Rail exchanged terse letters that indicate more rail strikes are coming
• Gardaí told thieves who stole a radiation-emitting machine not to use it
• A suspected petrol bomb was thrown at Ennis courthouse
• The birthplace of the GAA was set to go under the hammer
• “Big school” started and some junior infants took it better than others

INTERNATIONAL

A girl waves a Ukrainian flag during an anti-war meeting in the town of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UKRAINE: Ukraine has accused Russia of a “direct invasion” after troops were reported to have entered into eastern Ukraine.

#UKIP: A Tory MP resigned his seat in parliament and defected to the right-wing UKIP party. Douglas Carswell said that David Cameron was “not serious about real change” in the UK’s relationship with Europe.

#PATRONISINGBTLADY: An ad aired by the No side in the Scottish independence referendum was slammed as ‘sexist’ and ‘insulting’.

INNOVATION

• Samsung has revealed a smartwatch that can make calls on its own. 
• Facebook is defending its Messenger app again.

PARTING SHOT

Did you know the green on Ireland’s flag is the same as the green on the flags of Benin and Kuwait? Or that red is the most patriotic colour? This Time colour wheel shows every colour on every flag in the world.

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