EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed along the way.

• Environment Minister Phil Hogan has said the government may change existing data protection laws to ensure the household charge is collected. Hogan said people who don’t pay “won’t get away it” and that the government will look at utility bills to target people who haven’t paid.

• Bad news for drivers: petrol and diesel prices have hit record highs with the average cost of one litre of petrol now 162.1c. Time to dig the bike out of the shed…

• Did you remember Mother’s Day today? We’ve been collecting the best (and worst) advice your mother ever gave you.

• How much is the Mahon Tribunal going to cost? No-one is willing to say for sure yet – but it could be up to €250 million.

• Yemen’s government has said more than 2,000 people were killed in the uprising against the country’s government – far more than human rights groups had estimated.

• Here’s some unexpected tapdancing at a St Patrick’s Day flashmob in The Hague in the Netherlands today:

(Video via KilkennyOnTapNL)

• A US citizen has been released by his Iraqi captors after being held hostage for nine months – but who is he?

• Ever seen a leprechaun? Ok, silly question. But have you ever seen 1,263 on one street in a Cork town?

• Dubliners: The Luas red line remains disrupted this evening after a serious fire in the city centre yesterday.

• Belarus has executed two 26-year-old men convicted of a deadly subway bombing in the country’s capital last year.

• Does the Occupy movement have a future? In this evening’s Read Me column, Dr Sarah Campbell of UCD argues that it does – despite the eviction of the flagship Occupy Dame Street camp.

• An explosion in a residential area in Syria’s second city Aleppo has caused a number of fatalities. It follows a double bombing in Damascus yesterday in which at least 27 people were killed.

• Yes, Patrick’s Day is over for another year. But since it’s still the bank holiday weekend, we’re using it as an excuse – any excuse really –  to whip out this definitive version of Danny Boy by the Muppets. Enjoy the day off tomorrow…

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