Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

08 Mar 2026, 20:00 by Emma Hickey, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/emma-hickey/ · TheJournal.ie

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

Olympian Phil Healy, Irish International Athlete at Cork City Council’s Women’s Caucus supporting Women in Sport - ‘from Participation to Podium’, Cork City Council Today. Clare KeoghClare Keogh

IRELAND

Police in Northern Ireland launched a murder investigation into the death of a woman after her body was discovered in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh yesterday.
Government “may well” take action on easing the pressure of the rising cost of petrol and diesel on consumers, the Minister for European Affairs said – but cutting the scheduled carbon tax increase would be “the last thing” he’d do.
President Catherine Connolly said the war in the Middle East constitutes “deliberate assaults on international law” and affirmed Ireland’s constitutional commitment to peace.
A man in his 30s died and two other people were hospitalised following a single-vehicle crash in west Dublin yesterday evening.
The Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking an early trial date for a 95-year-old man charged with alleged indecent assaults of a child over a two-year period almost half a century ago, a court heard.

INTERNATIONAL

Shiite Muslims chant slogans during a demonstration to condemn the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and against the Israeli strikes on Iran, in Lahore, Pakistan. AP Photo / K.M. ChaudaryAP Photo / K.M. Chaudary / K.M. Chaudary

#IRAN: US President Donald Trump warned that Iran’s next supreme leader would not last long without his approval, as Tehran prepared to reveal the successor to the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

#UK: British prime minister Keir Starmer spoke to Donald Trump about the countries’ military co-operation amid the US president’s latest rebuke over the UK’s support in the conflict in Iran.

#OSLO: Police in Norway are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo, officials said.

PARTING SHOT

Former Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt and comedian Vittorio Angelone. XX

IRISH COMEDIAN VITTORIO Angelone left an audience in stitches after a sharp exchange with a former UK government minister during an appearance on a Channel 4 panel show on Friday evening.

Angelone, who is from Belfast, made his first appearance on The Last Leg this week alongside former Conservative MP and defence secretary Penny Mordaunt.

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