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

At dawn, the tugboat Gerry O’Sullivan makes her way downstream, preparing to pass the heavy‑lift vessel Zhong Ren 122 at Rushbrooke, Co. Cork. The ship carries locally assembled Liebherr ship‑to‑shore gantry cranes, built at Cork Dockyard and now bound for their new home at the Port of Hamburg. David Creedon / Alamy David Creedon / Alamy / Alamy

IRELAND

• Michael Lyster, the long-time presenter of The Sunday Game on RTÉ, died at the age of 71. 
• A woman seriously injured in an assault in Co Tipperary yesterday was transferred from University Hospital Limerick to Cork University Hospital with serious head injuries.
• A man in his early 20s was seriously injured after he crashed while driving an electric scrambler bike in Co Clare last night.
• A mother who lost five members of her family in a pier tragedy in Buncrana ten years ago said it “feels like it was yesterday” as hundreds came out for a memorial walk.
• Met Éireann said the weather will turn unsettled this week, with showers, wind, sunny spells and cooler temperatures all on the cards. 

INTERNATIONAL

A woman waves an Iranian flag during a campaign in support of the government at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, square in downtown Tehran, Iran. AP Photo / Vahid Salemi AP Photo / Vahid Salemi / Vahid Salemi

#TEHRAN: Iran and the allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah stepped up attacks on Israel today as the US and Iran threatened to target critical infrastructure in the war in the Middle East, now in its fourth week.

#SNL UK: Saturday Night Live UK received mixed reviews from critics, who said the show “could have been a lot worse” following its star-studded series premiere yesterday.

#WASHINGTON: The Taoiseach’s much-anticipated visit to the White House on St Patrick’s Day was very much a public affair – but what did the two leaders have to say behind closed doors? The Journal’s Political Editor Christina Finn reports.

PARTING SHOT

Kate O'Connor. Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

KATE O’CONNOR WON a bronze medal at the world indoor championships in Poland this evening.

The gold medal was won by Netherlands’ Sofie Dokter, with American Anna Hall taking silver.

O’Connor won silver in this event last year, and so becomes only the third Irish athlete to win medals at two editions of these championships, following Marcus O’Sullivan and Frank O’Mara.