NEED TO CATCH up? Here’s your evening round-up what made the headlines today.

IRELAND

Model Louise O'Reilly and David Lovett in Whitefriar Street church this afternoon. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• The full list of where Government ministers will travel to for St Patrick’s Day has been revealed
• The Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against a six and half year concurrent sentence imposed on Joe Drennan’s killer on the grounds it was too lenient
• The names of 15 deceased Jesuits credibly accused of child sexual abuse have been published by the Jesuit Order
• Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy’s lack of Irish has been called into question after the Taoiseach accused Mary Lou McDonald of telling lies while speaking Irish in the Dáil
• The Government is facing further questions over taxpayers’ money being wasted after it was revealed the Arts Council spent €6.67m on a failed IT development project
• Almost half of couples planning to get married would have done so before now if not for the housing crisis, a national survey has found
• Children and their teachers protested outside Leinster House this morning to demand an additional Irish speaking secondary school for Dublin
• A hearing scheduled for today at the military court in Beirut regarding the killing of Private Sean Rooney while he served as UN peacekeeper in south Lebanon was postponed due to procedural issues
• Housing Minister James Browne has moved to temper concerns about Rent Pressure Zones being abolished, stressing that the Government is “not making a decision now” to remove the measure

INTERNATIONAL 

Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#US: President Donald Trump has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to “immediately” start negotiations to end the Ukraine war

#GAZA: Egypt plans to “present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction” of the Gaza Strip that ensures Palestinians remain on their land, the Egyptian foreign ministry has said

#WHITE HOUSE: Elon Musk made his first public appearance with Donald Trump at the White House, where fresh powers were announced to overhaul the US government

#UK: Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill met the UK’s King Charles at Windsor Castle today

PARTING SHOT

Students pictured at a protest outside leinster House today. Rollingnews.ie Rollingnews.ie

Students and teachers from a number of Irish-speaking primary schools have called on Education Minister Helen McEntee to deliver a new Irish-speaking secondary school that was promised last year.

The Gaelcholáiste was announced for Heytesbury Street in the capital, but protesters outside Leinster House today claimed that to date no further information has been provided on its development.