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

IRELAND

Grace Nic Mhathuna, six, from Dublin, waves a flag outside the GPO MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT MAXWELLS DUBLIN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT

• The country marked 100 years since the 1916 Rising
• The bodies of a man and his son were found in Dublin
• A report claimed the Port Tunnel could be unsafe
• A Garda motorbike and an ambulance crashed into each other
• Luas drivers went on strike
• Dublin City Council said it charges the owners of electric vehicles for parking to ensure regular turnover
• The clocks went forward – grand stretch in the evenings now
• A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Meath

INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani police officers stand guard at the site of a bomb blast in a park in Lahore, Pakistan. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#LAHORE: Over 50 people are dead after a bomb attack in Pakistan. A bomb ripped through a crowded park where Christians had gathered to celebrate Easter.

#BELGIUM: Police in Belgium used a water cannon after right-wing protesters showed up to the site of a shrine for those killed in Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels.

#LEEDS: Police in the UK have launched an investigation following the discovery of three bodies at a house in Leeds.

INNOVATION

• Here’s how to make the Facebook app better for you.
• Microsoft says it’s not planning digital game trade-ins

PARTING SHOT

For the day that’s in it, watch Captain Peter Kelleher of the Irish Defence Forces read the Irish Proclamation aloud outside the GPO.  Spine-tingling.