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

IRELAND

‘Messiah on the Street’, an annual open-air concert. took place today, commemorating the 283rd anniversary of the premiere of Handel’s Messiah on Fishamble Street. Fennell Photography Fennell Photography

• Gardaí in Donegal are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body in Killybegs this afternoon.
• The introduction of the auto-enrolment pension scheme is to be delayed again, with the minister saying it could be a number of months beyond the September commencement date.
• Two teenaged males have been hospitalised after the moped they were travelling on was involved in a collision with a car in the early hours of this morning.
• People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy is calling for a major overhaul of the current Leaving Cert exam, proposing to “get rid of the points race”.
• Talks in a long-running dispute in Letterkenny over the future of several homes appear to have definitively ended in collapse, leaving nine Donegal families on the verge of homelessness.
• The Central Bank went €3.6 million over budget on a new system that upgraded how the bank handles data from 15,000 financial companies that it regulates. 

INTERNATIONAL

People splash water during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year in Prachinburi Province, Thailand. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TRUMP TARIFFS: The US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said that the US will continue implementing various tariffs after pulling back temporarily on a “reciprocal” tariff on some electronic devices imported from China – highlighting pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as targets.

#GAZA: Taoiseach Micheál Martin condemned the “wanton killing and targeting of civilians” in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital today.

#SUMY: A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 21 people and wounded 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said.

PARTING SHOT

Rory McIlroy. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

FOR A SMALL nation, we tend to do quite well for ourselves. Tonight, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are both in contention for golf’s greatest honour as the final round of the Masters takes place.

The 42′s Gavin Cooney is live-blogging the events minute-by-minute – you can follow along here.