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

IRELAND

Fianna Fáil unveiled an ad that took aim at the Taoiseach's 2007 promise to end the scandal of people waiting on trolleys. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Luas drivers announced they would strike
• GPs warned the health service would get worse
• Cork girls spoke of their pictures being posted on a porn site
• It was freezing and will be even colder tonight
• The Web Summit announced financial results
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses to a fatal crash in Hartstown to come forward
• A bid to have Conor McGregor put on the €1 coin failed
• Fianna Fáil had a go at Enda Kenny
• A woman in Cork  was carjacked after stopping to help a man

INTERNATIONAL

The Garden of Light installation by TILT on display in Leicester Square, London, as part of the Lumiere London light festival. Hannah McKay Hannah McKay

#ALPS: Three people were killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.

#ECHR: The European Court of Human Rights said that bosses can look at the private messages you send in work.

#TRUMP: Barack Obama used part of his last State of the Union to take aim at Donald Trump.

INNOVATION

• Google’s self-driving cars still need human help sometimes
• Here’s how to change your default apps on Android

PARTING SHOT

The lotto is €10 million tonight and in the US it’s a staggering $1.5 billion. But one winner told Vox that having money isn’t all that great.

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