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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

A massive rally supporting nurses and midwives, violent clashes in France and the Six Nations had everyone talking today.

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

IRELAND

2139 Nurses_90563865 Eva O'Callaghan, student nurse from the Mater Hospital, at the IMNO rally in Dublin city today. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

  • Tens of thousands of people attended a rally in Dublin city in support of nurses and midwives who are striking over pay and staffing levels.
  • A tourist was airlifted to hospital after falling at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare.
  • Gardaí renewed two appeals – one for information about the 2012 murder of Andrew Allen in Donegal and another for help finding Tony Galvin, who has been missing from Dublin since Tuesday.
  • Former HSE Director General Tony O’Brien accused members of the Public Accounts Committee of “corroding public life with their antics”.
  • Ireland got their Six Nations bid going, beating Scotland 22-13.
  • Almost 15,000 patients aged 75 years old and over waited more than 24 hours in emergency departments last year, according to new figures.

WORLD

Screenshot 2019-02-09 at 19.05.29 A burning command car belonging to France's anti-terror 'Vigipirate' squad in Paris today. Kamil Zihnioglu / AP/Press Association Images Kamil Zihnioglu / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#FRANCE: A Yellow Vest protester’s hand was reportedly blown off during violent clashes in Paris.

#BREXIT: The UK government terminated a contract with Seaborne Freight, a company which has no ships, after an Irish shipping company which backed the deal withdrew its support.

#US: Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign at a rally in Massachusetts, CNN reports.

#UK: Prince Philip has voluntarily given up his driving licence, Buckingham Palace said, weeks after being involved in a car crash.

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    Feb 9th 2019, 9:15 PM

    Kerry beat Dublin in the football….

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    Feb 9th 2019, 11:49 PM

    @marcusmckenna: snorefest

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    Feb 10th 2019, 9:19 AM

    @marcusmckenna: what football?

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    Feb 9th 2019, 10:48 PM

    It’s very simple, the nurses are getting warmed up. This happened in Australia. The nurses told the govt that they were ALL going walking off the job. They did and the strike lasted all of 4mins. The govt gave in because no nurses and there is not HEALTH SYSTEM. you get sick and there are no nurses then you will probably die.

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    Feb 9th 2019, 11:52 PM

    @Diarmuid O’Braonáin: yes great concern for their patients while they are on the picket line.

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    Feb 9th 2019, 9:20 PM

    When Simon loses his job maybe ‘The Journal’ can give him a job, he is a failed journalist after all….only messing ‘The Journal’….he’s far too qualified for the job…wink wink

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    Feb 10th 2019, 9:22 AM

    @Karl Curtin: when is Simon Harris going to realise that nobody thinks he is up to the job as Health Minister especially after these mind boggling cost over runs on his watch? He thinks it’s ok not to have known about it? This joker is way out of his depth and only got the Jon by brownosing Enda Kenny for years.

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    Feb 10th 2019, 9:23 AM

    @Karl Curtin: when is Simon Harris going to realise that nobody thinks he is up to the job as Health Minister especially after these mind boggling cost over runs on his watch? He thinks it’s ok not to have known about it? This joker is way out of his depth and only got the job by brownosing Enda Kenny for years. Does ANY politician take responsibility for their mistakes.

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