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

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Four-year-old Lilly O’Neil from Portadown marching with the Parade of Eireann flute band joins Republican Sinn Fein as they march past the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin as part of Republican Sinn Fein’s Easter Parade which gathered at Garden of Remembrance and marched to the GPO this afternoon.

IRELAND

• A woman in her 50s was put in hospital when her car was hijacked in Dublin 4
• A teenager died and another was seriously injured in a crash in Tipperary
• Newstalk FM lodged a complaint with the Competition Authority over RTÉ’s refusal to run an ad for the station
• Housing charity Threshold warned that buy to let landlords who are in difficulty could see families made homeless
• An advisor to the President announced he would leave his job
• The number of available housing units handed over by NAMA was revealed
• The cost of government quangos was criticised by an independent TD
• Bus Eireann hit out at claims that there was a culture of corruption at the company
• Plans to overhaul the grading of the Leaving Cert were revealed

INTERNATIONAL

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The coffin of Peaches Geldof, sporting a portrait of her family, is brought to a church in Kent.

#PEACHES: The family and friends of Peaches Geldof gathered for the funeral of the 25-year-old. Geldof was found dead at her home in Kent on 7 April, leaving her husband and two children aged 23 months and 11 months.

#UKRAINE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of breaching an international peace accord. Lavrov said the Kiev government had “grossly breached” the Geneva agreement.

#BOSTON: Over 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line in a “Boston Strong” show of resilience a year after the bombing that turned the race into a scene of carnage.

INNOVATION

• The console that popularised handheld gaming, the Game Boy, turned 25 today. Here are some stats about it. [Geek.com]
• Think that Augmented Reality is just a gimmick? Here are some practical uses for it. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Nirvana reunited for a secret club show recently, roping in Deer Tick lead singer John McCauley, J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr and others to fill the Kurt Cobain slot. Here, Rolling Stone goes inside the shows and the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.