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

IRELAND

A prison officer who died after he was injured in a bomb attack in Belfast may have had a heart attack,  his colleagues said.

US Vice President Joe Biden has told acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny that he would have been elected by 80% of the electorate  had he run for office in America.

Staff in the Finance department of Anglo Irish Bank were EveningBriefing&utm_mediumwhen they learned how Irish Life and Permanent (ILP) was treating an allegedly circular billion-euro transaction, a trial has heard.

A ninth person has been jailed in connection with the interception of a yacht carrying cocaine  with a street value of more than £160m off the south-west coast of Ireland.

A Norwegian man who raped his girlfriend while she slept in their Dublin flat  has been jailed for 15 months today.

WORLD

Burma's parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the country's new president  in a watershed moment which ushers Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party into government after 54 years of direct or indirect military rule.

Three police officers were slightly injured when shots were fired during an anti-terror raid in the Belgian capital Brussels,  an official has said.

SPORT

Vroum Vroum Mag completed a first-day treble for her connections with a convincing victory  in the OLBG Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Annie Power made it third time lucky at the Cheltenham Festival as she romped home  in the Stan James Champion Hurdle.

BUSINESS

Apple is on your desk, playing in your headphones, in your pocket, on your wrist and soon they’ll be on your driveway too. Development is being kept thoroughly on the DL right now, but according to leading Apple financial analyst Gene Munster  we can expect the Apple Car in the not-too-distant future.

Nearly 73% of Irish employees work longer than their contracted hours.  New claims from Morgan McKinley also show around one in five work an extra 10 hours per week, with four out of five workers not compensated for working overtime.

VIEWPOINTS

There are thousands of families living in overcrowded and inappropriate conditions,  writes Fergus Finlay.

LIFESTYLE

When it come to getting on top of our finances, sometimes there is so much advice out there listing differing priorities that it’s hard to know where to start writes Grainne McGuinness.  And when it comes to doing the right thing, so much of it depends on your age and individual circumstances. With that in mind, here are some of the crucial areas to focus on and common pitfalls to avoid, at every age.

VIDEO

A Louth national school has released a video to mark today’s Proclamation Day events,  part of the events of the 1916 Rising centenary.

EXAM VIRAL

Some very clever and creative people have made this mini-documentary of the events of the 1916 Rising using Lego. .  This may sound familiar as, back in January, the students of Sunday’s Well Boys National School released a well-received and brilliantly done stop frame video entitled ’Lego 1916 The Movie’. But, coincidentally, Createschool have had their own version in production for nine months.

A group of Simpsons fans in Australia have spent the past couple of days trolling an Autralian news network with crime reports   from their favourite show.

TECHNOW

GAMING: Gears of War 4 isn't set for release until the end of the year but there's an early taste of the action  on the way.

MOVIES: Tim Burton is back to his own unique ways in the first trailer for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,  adapted from the book

TECH: This time around, art really is imitating life. The second season of Mr. Robot  will have plot points taken from ongoing news headlines in the world of technology.

SHOWBIZ

It’s been reported that Aidan Turner has flown to LA to hold talks about becoming the next James Bond.  The BBC star had been hotly tipped as the new 007 following Daniel Craig’s exit from the franchise – however he wouldn’t be the first Irish man in the role, filling the shoes of previous Bond Pierce Brosnan.

MOST READ RIGHT NOW

As St. Patrick's Day approaches we're asking; How Irish are you? Okay, so maybe you drink lots of tea, understand the surreal humour of Father Ted and love the smell of cut silage more than anything in the world, but what if we were to put you on the spot and test  your knowledge of Irish history?