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

Jessie Buckley arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art after her historic Oscars win. Evan Agostini / Invision/AP Evan Agostini / Invision/AP / Invision/AP

IRELAND

• Cost-of-living measures to help with the rising costs of fuel are being worked on by the government, Taoiseach Micheál Martin indicated today. 
• Folk singer Dolores Keane died at the age of 72.
• A garda group called for its members to “show solidarity” with a campaign for industrial action over St Patrick’s Day holiday events. 
• Senior Kinahan cartel member Sean McGovern, who last summer became the first person to be extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal organisation.
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee didn’t rule out the possibility of allowing pubs to temporarily extend their opening hours for the World Cup if the Republic of Ireland qualifies. 
• A man in his 70s died after he was struck by a truck while cycling in Balbriggan this afternoon. 
• A man charged with the murder of his partner told the jury at his trial that he killed her whilst denying that he tried to dismember the body at their apartment in Co Cork.

INTERNATIONAL

A US Air Force B-1 bomber is loaded with bombs at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is working with allies on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Ben Birchall / PA Ben Birchall / PA / PA

#THE OSCARS: Aside from our own Jessie Buckley, One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 98th Academy Awards, picking up a total of six awards including the coveted Best Picture gong after what was a very competitive year. 

#MIDDLE EAST: The Iranian women’s football team left Malaysia and headed for Oman, ending days of uncertainty after five of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furore by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.

#WEST BANK: Distraught Palestinians mourned over the bodies of four members of a family, including two children, who the Palestinian health ministry said were shot dead yesterday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

PARTING SHOT

GET THE KITCHEN disco back up and running; the annual Team 21 music video from the Down Syndrome Centre has just dropped.

World Down Syndrome Day is this Saturday, 21 March, and a fabulous group of children who attend the non-profit Down Syndrome Centres collaborated with the Top Theatre School on this  performance of Better When I’m Dancing.

A joyful celebration of ability, confidence, teamwork and fun; a galaxy of stars in the making.