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

IRELAND

Storm Ewan battered man and dog at Bull Island in Dublin today. John Coveney John Coveney

• Gardaí arrested three people during a crime crackdown in Limerick today
• A 90-year-old man was found dead in a house in Co Waterford
• it emerged today that 26 Justice Department employees are suspended from duty with full pay
• Storm Ewan battered the country today – but he’s gone now
• An Orange Hall was targeted in a suspected arson attack
• A  new Fine Gael leadership poll put Leo Varadkar slightly ahead of Simon Coveney
• Four people were arrested for ‘drink driving’ in a garda crackdown
• A murder investigation was launched in the North after a 24-year-old man died

WORLD

Bill Paxton. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#GERMANY Police have questioned a student about why he drove into pedestrians in Heidelberg.

#KANSAS The wife of a man killed in a suspected hate crime has spoken of her distress

#RIP Actor Bill Paxton – star of Titanic, Twister and Aliens – died at the age of 61, due to complications from surgery

#TRUMP Donald Trump was warned ‘don’t get too happy’ after poking fun at the Democratic Party’s new chair. He’s also set to skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

#NEW ORLEANS 28 were injured after a truck ploughed into the New Orleans Mardi Gras parade overnight

PARTING SHOT

The great actor Bill Paxton sadly died today. Here’s a look back at his career, in photos. (The Guardian)