Catch-up with what you've missed today with our evening briefing

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

ELECTION 2016 

LATEST... Junior Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has lost his seat in Dublin Bay North after three days of counting.

ANALYSIS... Here’s your chance to insist that politics needs to change and that a published programme for government is a must, writes Fergus Finlay

SOCIAL... Donegal Independent candidate Tim Jackson failed to get elected to the Dáil but he may have got a No 1 vote in an election of a different kind. The 25-year-old from Ballybofey went on a date with a young woman after she was so taken with his election posters that she asked what it would take to get his phone number.

Visit our #GE16 SECTION for the latest General Election news, views and social content.

IRELAND

There are weather alerts in place for across the country tonight. Theres an orange wind warning for western counties, with gusts of up to 130 kms an hour in exposed coastal areas.

A man from Kerry has died after coming into contact with power lines while cutting hedges in Athea in Co Limerick.

Bricklayer Seamus Daly has been released from prison after his prosecution for the Omagh bomb attack collapsed before it reached trial.

WORLD

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton will see an opportunity to pull away from their rivals on so-called Super Tuesday, the busiest day of the 2016 primary campaign in the US election.

Floral tributes have been left at a Moscow subway station after a nanny was arrested on suspicion of killing a four-year-old girl and waving the child's severed head outside the station.

SPORT

Conor Murray is "lucky" he will be fit for Ireland's RBS 6 Nations clash against Italy in Dublin on Saturday, March 12, according to assistant coach Richie Murphy.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists defeat in the Capital One Cup final has not influenced his opinion of the players he has at his disposal despite admitting he is already planning for next season.

BUSINESS

The BBC Trust should be abolished and the corporation should be regulated externally, an independent review has said.

Car dealers saw a 37% rise in the number of new cars sold in Ireland last month.

ANALYSIS

Democratic candidate Bernie Saunders follows in a proud tradition of American socialism which has now been forgotten by his countrymen. Alan Chin reports.

EXAM VIRAL

A capella group Pentatonix have just announced European tour dates and they are starting right here in Ireland with a gig in Dublin's Olympia Theatre on May 23.

Students in China have designed a bike that washes your clothes when you pedal.

TECHNOW

GAMING: Fallout 4 has major DLC on the way, with the first pack due later on this month. It will let you build a robot pal for some reason.

MOVIES: Wolverine 3 is gearing up for production and the word is we could see a familiar face in the cast list in the form of Liev Schreiber

TECH: GoPro is working hard to improve its financial woes, concentrating on the issue of editing video while on the go

SHOWBIZ

Katie Price has admitted that she ‘would have’ aborted son Harvey if she had known about his disability before his birth in 2002.

MOST READ RIGHT NOW

John Oliver has taken on some of the biggest issues in America with his show Last Week Tonight, and this week he took on Donald Trump and won!