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

IRELAND

Myriam Doyle of Mimitoys pictured at launch of Local Enterprise Week, which will run from the 3 – 7 March. To find out what events are happening near you, visit localenterprise.ie/week Andres Poveda Andres Poveda

• Three men were found guilty of the murder of Tristan Sherry, who was beaten to death in the moments after he shot and killed gangland figure Jason Hennessy snr at a Christmas party in a busy restaurant on Christmas Eve two years ago.
• Two men were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin city centre in the early hours of Saturday morning.
• The new National Children’s Hospital may now not open fully until 2026, The Journal understands.
• A man was jailed for 18 months after he threatened to publish intimate images of a woman online and then sent her hundreds of degrading and abusive emails.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this morning in Dublin, with trade, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the China’s human rights record up for the discussion.
• The delivery of social and starter housing, progression of the short-term let laws and commencing a review of rent pressure zones is all to be prioritised, the Cabinet committee on housing agreed this evening.
• The owner of a coffee shop in Dublin city centre described the “futility” of running a business in the capital following a burglary by six people over the weekend.
• An 18-year-old man was arrested following the seizure of over 10kg worth of mephedrone in Co Kildare.
• A man who deliberately rammed garda cars while driving a stolen seven tonne rigid truck and compared his behaviour to a scene from Grand Theft Auto will be sentenced in May.
• European fishery protection officers escorted a German factory fishing ship into Cork Harbour this morning after it was detained off the Cork coast yesterday. 
• Planning permission for 316 apartments in two blocks, with one rising to 13 storeys, at Parkgate Street in Dublin 8 was approved.
• Poultry and other captive birds must be kept indoors from today to combat the risk of bird flu.

INTERNATIONAL

European leaders at today's informal summit in Paris on Ukraine Ursula von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen

#UKRAINE: European leaders sought to overcome differences at emergency Paris talks on responding to a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by the new US administration.
#RUSSIA: Top Russian officials will hold talks with their US counterparts on restoring ties between the two countries, as well as the war in Ukraine and preparing a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the Kremlin said.
#CATHOLIC CHURCH: Pope Francis, hospitalised for bronchitis four days ago, faces a “complex clinical picture”, indicating that the 88-year-old’s stay will be longer than initially believed.
#GULF OF AMERICA: Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Maps users in the United States, the country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said.
#PADDY’S DAY PARADE: This year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Birmingham has been postponed until further notice, the organisers confirmed.

PARTING SHOT

Chef Kevin Dundon remains on the dancing show RTÉ RTÉ

Some viewers have called for a change to the voting format of RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars after chef Kevin Dundon remained in the show at the expense of Kin star Yasmin Seky.

A caller to Liveline with Joe Duffy said “something needs to be looked at” regarding the voting system.

Philip told Liveline that the viewing public may be a “fickle bunch” who only keep Dundon in the show for the “entertainment factor”.

John however called in to say that the other callers “should get over it” and accept the public vote.

Maria meanwhile told Liveline that it’s “Dancing with the Stars, not Dancing with the Professionals” and hailed the “entertainment value” of Dundon that makes up for the dancing abilities.