NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

Bailey Nall and Karlee Collins from Texas USA watching the St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Thousands turned in towns across the country to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. 
•  The biggest parade in Dublin was led by Women’s National Football Team manager Vera Pauw. 
• In Washington DC, US President Joe Biden spoke about the importance of the Windsor Framework as he met with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the White House. 
• Varadkar had earlier thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for her LGBT advocacy as she hosted the Taoiseach and his partner Matt Barrett.
• Gardaí appealed for information after shots were fired at a house in Galway last night. 
• A man was charged after a dog was found partially buried alive in Derry.
• Horse trainer Willie Mullins won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the third time in five years after Paul Townend rode Galopin Des Champs to victory. 

WORLD

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#INTERNATIONAL LAW: The International Criminal Court announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.

#ARMING UKRAINE: Slovakia will donate 13 warplanes to Ukraine, making it the second NATO member to announce such a shipment following a similar move by Poland.

#PARIS: Protesters blocked a key highway around the French capital in a new show of anger after President Emmanuel Macron pushed through a contentious pension reform without a parliamentary vote.

PARTING SHOT

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Ever wonder what it might be like to sit down and watch an Oscar-nominated film with Eamon Ryan at an Embassy in Beijing? No, well our reporter Tadgh McNally does after he attended a screening of the Banshees of Inisherin in the Chinese capital last night. 

Ryan is in Asia to meet with climate and environment ministers and his hosts decided to put on the show to make the Green Party leader feel at home. Here’s what happened.