NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
#PROTEST: An RTÉ cameraman was among those injured in demonstrations by anti-racism protesters and an anti-Islam group on O’Connell Street this afternoon.
#DRUMCONDRA: It’s now believed at least six people were involved in the gangland shooting that left one man dead and two others injured at a Dublin hotel.
#UP AND DOWN: Over the past week Fine Gael has gained the same amount of support that Sinn Féin has lost, according to the latest opinion poll.
#MURDER: Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of Dublin man Kenneth O’Brien.
#THURLES: People aren’t happy about this Michael Lowry banner erected on a 15th Century landmark.
#FATAL: A woman has died after her car crashed with a truck in Meath this afternoon.
#SUSPICIOUS: Gardaí seized heroin with a street value of around €840,000 after a tip-off from a member of the public.
INTERNATIONAL
#ALEPPO: Thousands of Syrians are braving cold and rain at the Turkish border after fleeing a Russian-backed regime assault that threatens a fresh humanitarian disaster.
#TAIWAN: A powerful earthquake felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations, leaving at least five dead and more than 30 feared trapped.
#BRAZIL: Rio’s carnival is getting underway go in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
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