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

L-R: Karen Kiernan, One Family, Niall Shanahan and Marie Sherlock, TD for Dublin Central, at a Labour Party press conference on the real right to remote work. The Bill will be debated in the Dáil on Wednesday at 10am. Sasko Lazarov / Photocallireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocallireland / Photocallireland

IRELAND

• Gardaí began a search operation on open ground at a location in Co Wicklow as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob.
• A number of weather warnings have been issued for 12 counties tomorrow and Wednesday, with rain, wind and snow all forecast.
• A butcher who exploited and sexually abused three of his partner’s younger sisters over a 10-year period was jailed for 13 years.
• Tánaiste Simon Harris said he wants a new savings scheme for Ireland’s middle classes to be approved by the government “in the first half of this year” and for the proposals to form part of this year’s Budget. 
• Two criminals who helped dispose of the dismembered remains of murdered teenager Keane Mulready Woods were each sentenced to six years in prison by the Special Criminal Court.
• Mary Lou McDonald confirmed that she will not attend the St Patrick’s Day events in the White House this year. 

INTERNATIONAL

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban walk after a news conference in Budapest. AP Photo / Alex Brandon AP Photo / Alex Brandon / Alex Brandon

#RIP: Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor celebrated for his roles in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, died at the age of 95.

#HUNGARY: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Hungary for talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of elections where the nationalist leader faces a significant challenge from the opposition.

#’BOARD OF PEACE’: The European Union will take part in this week’s inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, but a spokesman insisted today that Brussels would not be joining as a member.

#UNITED STATES: The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of ‘Today’ show Co-host Savannah Guthrie, has transfixed America in the last two weeks. Here’s what we know so far.

PARTING SHOT

Ireland's Cormac Comerford in Bormio, Italy. AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson / Julia Demaree Nikhinson

IRISH SKIER CORMAC Comerford ended a mammoth 10 days of Olympic alpine skiing with a 31st place finish in the Milan Cortina 2026 slalom event. 

He completed two slalom runs in a time of 2:10.24 during a chaotic but thrilling spectacle at the Stelvio Ski Centre today. The 28-year-old completed a marathon week of racing in the Italian host town of Bormio with that 31st placement.

Speaking afterwards, he said: “It’s a shame not to meet all my goals but there are lots of positives. It would have been nice to get into the top 30 today.

“We have to celebrate now.”