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

IRELAND

An instant Covid-19 screening centre, operating from a portable office unit in a carpark on Serpentine Avenue, Dublin Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Northern Ireland was at the centre of a major row between EU and UK over vaccine supply
• A further 48 deaths and 1,254 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed. 
• Ireland is set to receive 300,000 fewer vaccine doses up to April due to supply issues.
• A government TD has said the “absurd” ban on naming child victims needs to end. 
• A taxi driver who sexually assaulted a passenger who passed out in his car has been jailed for four years.
• Dr Colm Henry said there’s been a 10-fold increase in people sick with Covid-19 from the start of December to January. 
• The HSE is hoping to provide daily vaccination figures “in the next week or two”. 
• Gardaí in Dublin dealt with six stabbing incidents in a 24-hour period.
• Homeless figures have dipped but charities have warned of an “alarming rise” in homeless single people. 
• The Taoiseach praised veteran broadcaster Tommie Gorman, after it was announced he will soon retire from RTÉ after 40 years.

INTERNATIONAL

Protesters face police during a protest against a new anti-abortion law in Warsaw, Poland Czarek Sokolowski / PA Images Czarek Sokolowski / PA Images / PA Images

#APPROVAL: The European Medicines Agency approved the Astrazeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for its rollout here. 

#COVID-19: The European Medicines Agency also said that no deaths have been linked to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. 

#ASTRAZENECA: Amid the deepening row, the heavily redacted EU-Astrazeneca contract has been published.

PARTING SHOT

The news that Tommie Gorman is soon to retire brought back memories of one of his best-remembered interviews of all time. 

It was 2002. Ireland were at the World Cup. And the captain had just walked out. 

Gorman’s full interview with Roy Keane is a half-hour long. And is riveting television.