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

TAOISEACH IN WASHINGTON

Micheál Martin and Donald Trump speak to media in the Oval Office. Alamy Alamy

• The Taoiseach’s annual St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington took place, with a bilateral at the White House and the traditional shamrock ceremony this evening – these were the key moments.
• US president Donald Trump said fuel prices in Ireland would ‘drop like a rock’ once the war in Iran is over.
• Martin was interviewed on Fox News and grilled about negative Irish media coverage of US relations.
• The Taoiseach stood up for Keir Starmer (but not Winston Churchill).
• He also gifted US vice president JD Vance a special edition of Ulysses and urged him to visit Ireland.

Kay Plunkett with her dog Rosie, enjoying the St. Patrick's Festival Parade, in Killarney town. Valerie O'Sullivan Valerie O'Sullivan

IRELAND

• The Irish Rugby Football Union is filing formal garda complaints against three Irish accounts linked to the racist abuse of rugby player Edwin Edogbo.
• Gardaí launched a murder investigation after a man died following a stabbing in Cork city on Monday evening.
• The Northern Ireland peace process was given to the British government “on a plate”, Gerry Adams has told the High Court in London.
• President Catherine Connolly and the Irish music community paid tribute to iconic folk singer Dolores Keane following her death at age 72.
• St Patrick’s Day was celebrated across the country - here’s a look at some of the festivities.
• Former taoiseach Enda Kenny urged Micheál Martin to maintain Ireland’s unique White House access.
• Gardaí arrested a man following a serious assault in Naas early on Sunday morning that left a man in his 30s hospitalised.
• Met Éireann forecast a warm, sunny spring spell with highs of 18C from Thursday.

INTERNATIONAL

The damaged Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan after a Pakistan air force strike. Alamy Alamy

#TEHRAN: Israel claimed to have killed Iran’s national security chief.

#AFGHANISTAN: Up to 400 people were reported dead following a suspected Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital.

#GULF STATES: The UAE and Qatar intercepted multiple Iranian missile and drone salvos over Dubai and Doha.

#JOSEPH KENT: A senior US counter-terrorism chief resigned in protest against the war in Iran 

PARTING SHOT

Why not stick on the Temple Bar webcam for the evening that’s in it?