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

IRELAND

Street art in Anne's Lane in Dublin city. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Gardaí appealed for information from the public regarding a burglary in Co Wicklow in which a pensioner was assaulted with an iron bar.
• A teenage girl was rescued from a boat on the River Shannon in Limerick.
• Three men appeared in court in connection to the seizure of €410,000-worth of cannabis plants in Cavan and Meath.
• A survey carried out by TheJournal.ie found that at least a dozen Fine Gael TDs want their party to enter into a government arrangement with Fianna Fáil.
• Ireland overcame Scotland in the Six Nations, winning 35-25.
• An action group was set up by the residents of a housing estate in Tyrrelstown, Co Dublin who are facing eviction.
• Houses were evacuated after a pipe bomb exploded outside a house in north Belfast.
• Earth Hour is taking place from 8.30-9.30pm. Áras an Uachtaráin is among the landmarks observing the event as a mark of solidarity for action on climate change.

INTERNATIONAL

A Russian air company employee puts a flower next to toys and candles in memory of victims of the crashed plane at the Rostov-on-Don airport, about 950 kilometers (600 miles) south of Moscow. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#TURKEY: A number of Irish people were injured in a suicide bombing in Istanbul. Four people died.

#FRANCE: Captured Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam told interrogators that he “wanted to blow himself up” at the Stade de France stadium but changed his mind.

#RUSSIA: 62 people died when a plane crashed in poor weather in southern Russia.

#ISLAMIC STATE: Captive British photojournalist John Cantlie has appeared in a new Islamic State group propaganda video purportedly filmed in the IS-held city of Mosul.

#VATICAN: Pope Francis joined Instagram, here’s his first post.

INNOVATION

• Nasa is sending a 3-D printer to space [TechCrunch.com].
• Here are five apps worth downloading this week.

PARTING SHOT

This mural by Scott Marsh of Kanye West kissing Kanye West has been spotted in Sydney.

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It’s based on a photoshopped image created by BuzzFeed artist Jen Lewis.

Simply breathtaking.

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