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Performers in costumes take part in the St Patrick's Day parade in Central London. Vuk Valcic / Alamy Live News Vuk Valcic / Alamy Live News / Alamy Live News

IRELAND

• Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee said Irish airspace is not being used by the US as it continues its offensive on Iran. 
• Concerns that immigration agents may target undocumented Irish people during St Patrick’s Day festivities in the United States have not been raised with the Taoiseach. 
• A teenager was arrested after another teenage boy was injured in a serious assault at a property in Cork city in the early hours of this morning.
• Police in Co Down are investigating after 13 lambs were killed in the village of Rostrevor.
• A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries following an assault in Naas, Co Kildare, in the early hours of this morning.

INTERNATIONAL

Demonstrators gathered near the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin's city hall and the seat of the city's governing mayor and Senate, during opposing protests linked to the escalating tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#IRAN: Iran’s revolutionary guards vowed to target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war between Iran, Israel and the United States entered its third week.

#GAZA: Gaza’s interior ministry said an Israeli air strike on a police vehicle killed nine officers in the centre of the Palestinian territory, updating an earlier hospital toll of eight.

#UKRAINE: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments released today that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

PARTING SHOT

Jessie Buckley arrives at Chanel's 17th Annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner on Saturday, 14 March at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP / Invision/AP

JESSIE BUCKLEY’S PICTURESQUE Co Kerry hometown was brimming with pride for the local star ahead of Oscars night.

The 36-year-old has bagged several significant awards for her role as Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet, making her possible win for best actress seem a daringly sure thing at the 98th Academy Awards.

In her native Killarney, a tourist town already bustling with visitors ahead of St Patrick’s Day on Tuesday, the celebrations have already begun.