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

IRELAND

Tanaiste and Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton with broadcasters Olivia O Leary and Miriam O Callaghan, Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan in the Shelbourne Hotel celebrating International Womens Day at a fundraising Luncheon for An Cosan Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

• A man has now been charged after a boy stopped the abduction of his sister. 
• The jurors in the Graham Dwyer trial were, for the second day in a row, given a warning about the difficult nature of what they were about to hear.
• A woman has died in a house fire in Clare overnight. 
• The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis kicked off in Derry.
• Water protesters are planning to march on RTÉ tomorrow.
• Over 10,000 crimes were committed last year were by offenders on bail.
• A man in his 20s has been charged with the murder of Barney McGinley.
• Gardaí have renewed their appeal for 22-year-old Donal Greene missing since Saturday.
• Staff at Dunnes Stores are set to strike over work and pay conditions.
• A Galway 4-year-old is donating her hair after being inspired when she saw a picture of nine-year-old cancer patient Lucy O’Connor with no hair.

INTERNATIONAL

Floral tributes outside the home of Rebecca Watts in Crown Hill, Bristol Steve Parsons Steve Parsons

#BRISTOL: Four more people have been charged with the murder of teenager Becky Watts.

#IRAQ: The Islamic State group are destroying the site of an ancient city.

#INDONESIA: Australia complains after Indonesian police take pictures with men scheduled to die by firing squad.

#HOLLYWOOD: Harrison Ford is ‘battered but ok’ after the plane he was flying crash-landed.

INNOVATION

• Samsung has made a high-tech dog house that you will want to live in. [Geek.com]
• One of the world’s biggest tech conferences has just finished in Barcelona. Here’s 6 thing we learned. [TheJournal.ie] 

PARTING SHOT

Oh dear…a dog has taken a shite mid-competition at Crufts. [DailyEdge]