A boy, face smeared with colored powder, reacts as he poses for a photo during a religious spring festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and water at each other. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps…

THINGS WE LEARNED

#MURDER: Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation, naming the victim of last night’s shooting in Belfast as pizza delivery worker and father-of-one Kieran McManus.

#FRONTLINE: Two paramedics were assaulted while attending an incident on Westmoreland Street in Dublin’s city centre at about 1am this morning. Both men received cuts to their faces and were treated in hospital. A 30-year-old has been arrested and charged.

#THEFT: It wasn’t a good start to Easter Sunday for one Kildare church as the local priest in Sallins discovered the Blessed Sacrament and other religious items had been stolen overnight. Gardaí are investigating.

#REMEMBER: Commemorations to mark the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916 took place across the country today. We have the photos.

#LABOUR PAINS: Party chairman Colm Keaveney has called on the coalition to immediately renegotiate the terms of the Programme for Government.

#GOOD NEWS: KFC has announced plans to add 40 new restaurants to its UK and Ireland portfolio, leading to the creation of 1,600 new jobs – and some better coffee.

THINGS WE LOVED

• This is IKEA’s latest offering. It turns into this:

We want one, obviously.

• These nine reasons why Mariah Carey is an amazingly bonkers pop icon. Happy Birthday Mariah!
• Rhian White’s freeze-frame images of dogs jumping. Seriously, they are amazing.

THINGS WE SHARED

• The death certificate read “single”, even though the fallen soldier was married. Find out why here.
• Unbuilt Ireland: here are nine spectacular buildings that never quite made it.
• Silence really is golden:

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