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

IRELAND

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

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.

PARTING SHOT 

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The annual Late Late Show Valentine’s Special took place last night and was full of romance and cringeworthy moments. The DailyEdge has a roundup of what happened, in case you missed it.