NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

Holly Cairns at the Tara Building for her first speech as new leader of the Social Democrats Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• People are being urged to stay away from Wexford General Hospital after a fire broke out in the building this afternoon. 
• DUP chief whip Sammy Wilson has said his party will only sign up to the Windsor Framework if it “safeguards the union” and Northern Ireland’s economy.
• Police investigating the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Northern Ireland have made two further arrests.
• PayPal is set to close its Dundalk office in March and cut 62 staff from its Irish workforce.
• The new leader of the Social Democrats Holly Cairns has said the Irish people are “tired of Governments stumbling from one crisis to the next”. 
• A man has been brought to court and charged with assault causing serious harm, following the death of his son in Kilkenny on Monday.
• A man has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after he subjected his neighbour to a “prolonged and terrifying” attack while her two children slept upstairs, a court has heard.
• An Irish man is one of four men who have appeared in court charged with smuggling migrants to the UK from Belgium in boats.

INTERNATIONAL

Rescuers stand near debris of trains after a collision in Tempe, Greece Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#RIP: A major search for the missing two-month-old child of a British aristocrat and her partner has ended in tragedy as police announced they had found the remains of a baby.

#GREECE: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said a “tragic human error” was likely responsible for a train collision that has left at least 38 dead.

#BRYANT: LA County  has agreed to pay the widow of Kobe Bryant nearly $29 million after first responders shared photos taken at the site of the helicopter crash that killed the NBA superstar.

#UKRAINE: Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that his country “fully supports” Beijing’s proposals for ending the Ukraine war.

PARTING SHOT

Big news for Ed Sheeran fans. 

The singer has announced a show at Dublin’s 3Arena on 30 March as part of a surprise mini-tour of the UK and Europe to promote his next album.

Ed's playing some UK & EU shows where you can hear the first single from Subtract. For early access to tickets, pre-order the album from the official store before 1pm GMT Tues 7th March.https://t.co/W2vnTwszLX pic.twitter.com/07SutLHdhW

— Ed Sheeran HQ (@edsheeran) March 1, 2023

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