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

Mindy watching the snow come down in Stoneybatter, Dublin. Paul Dunphy Paul Dunphy

IRELAND

• A 16-year-old boy in Cork died after falling from a horse into a river.
• Met Éireann issued a snow-ice warning for the entire country.
• A search is ongoing for a 21-year-old man in the River Nore.
• More than 7,300 properties had their property tax increased.
• Ireland’s rugby team beat England 19-9.
• Two former gardaí have revealed there was unauthorised bugging of witnesses’ homes. [RTÉ]
• Fox News admitted Bill O’Reilly did NOT see Irish terrorists kill people, despite claims in his book.
• Noel Gallagher was definitely miming on RTÉ last night.

WORLD

People march in memory of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#RUSSIA: Tens of thousands of people marched in Moscow to honour murdered politician Boris Nemtsov.

#SYRIA: CCTV footage has emerged of three British schoolgirls who left the UK to join ISIS.

#SOUTH SUDAN: Hundreds of boys were kidnapped last month to become child soldiers.

#EGYPT: Four people are facing prison time after a horrific video of a dog being stabbed surfaced online.

#LONDON: A police officer was stabbed in the head by a man who took a baby hostage.

INNOVATION

• People are pretty excited about this news smartwatch.
• Samsung threw out a few surprises at a press conference in Spain.

PARTING SHOT

The authorities in Afghanistan have sought to elevate the status of women by recruiting them to the police force. This insightful profile in the New York Times describes how that has often backfired.

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