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IRELAND

Tánaiste Simon Harris talking to the media today about Ireland's defence forces, the Triple Lock and Trump RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• An 11-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after he was stabbed during an incident at a primary school this morning. 
• The fruit and vegetable market in Dublin city centre’s Smithfield area is set to be redeveloped after Dublin City Council agreed to borrow €30m to carry out work on the Victorian building.
• Tánaiste Simon Harris has spoken with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, along with the Irish government’s St Patrick’s Day visits across America.
• A trial of a woman, her brother and another man accused of sexually assaulting and raping her daughter has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court.
• Ireland could face up to €26 billion in extra payments within the EU if it doesn’t act swiftly to avoid missing legally binding climate targets, a new report has warned the government.
• An XL bully-type dog was put down after it was shot and seriously wounded by gardaí after they chased a man suspected of a drugs offence in Limerick City.
• A motion seeking that students in Ireland be afforded the right to receive their education through Irish is to be opposed by the government, in favour of a countermotion.
• A long-awaited gambling watchdog is to begin its operations from tomorrow as the justice minister has appointed seven members to its board today. 

INTERNATIONAL

Palestinian Jori Abu Tueima, a 7-year-old girl injured by Israel, sits in an ambulance as the first group of sick Gazan children arrives in Jordan for medical treatment Alamy Alamy

#CANADA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada to destroy the country’s economy to make it easier for the United States to annex its northern neighbour.

#NEW SPECIES The “wooly mouse” has today made its debut as a first in its furry kind.

#NATURE The world’s largest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said today.

PARTING SHOT 

Sabina Higgins and Clodagh Robinson Megan Farrelly Megan Farrelly

Sabina Higgins and Principal Clodagh Robinson met today as the Dalkey School Project, the first Educate Together school, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its Inaugural Meeting.

It marks half a century of inclusive and equality-centred education in Ireland.

Founded in 1978 by a group of parents who wanted a multi-denominational learning environment for their children, Dalkey School Project National School was Ireland’s first school to provide an alternative to the traditional denominational system.