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

IRELAND

High water levels on the River Barrow in Kilkenny. Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Eamonn Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• The Supreme Court is to refer Graham Dwyer’s data retention appeal to the EU’s Court of Justice.
• Health Minister Simon Harris said advice about the Ireland vs Italy Six Nations game and other public events are to be reviewed today over coronavirus fears.
• Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said criticism from other parties over his party’s public rally is “nothing but hysterics”. 
• Fianna Fáil’s Tom Brabazon was elected the new Lord Mayor of Dublin.
• The government has been urged to do more on the impact of flooding impact as the Taoiseach visited stricken areas today.
• Locals fear further flooding along the Shannon after more overnight rain.
• Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said that the Dáil numbers would be difficult for a left-wing coalition but “that doesn’t stop us talking to Sinn Féin”. 
• Timmy Dooley is among three outgoing Fianna Fáil TDs to secure nominations to the Seanad. 
• A Status Yellow snow/ice warning is in place for the country from tomorrow morning.
• The FSAI received almost 3,500 complaints in 2019.

INTERNATIONAL

Three-year-old Molly Maybury enjoys the wintry conditions in Leyburn in North Yorkshire. Danny Lawson / PA Images Danny Lawson / PA Images / PA Images

#NEW YORK: Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on two counts at a rape trial in New York.

#VOLKSMARSEN: “Several” people were injured after a car drove into a carnival crowd in Germany.

#CALIMA: Canary Islands airports reopened after a sandstorm forced closures.

PARTING SHOT

The Brits have done as bad as us in recent Eurovision song contests.

The BBC call the shots on each year’s entry and have taken a punt this year by allowing a record label to select what gets put forward for this year’s Eurovision song contest.

The Guardian have even written an editorial on it:

“BMG has identified its priority as ‘coming up with a good song’. That seems the right place to start.”