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Winter hurling took place in Helsinki this weekend as members of the Irish community staged a Poc Fada on the frozen Baltic sea waters of Töölönlahti in temperatures of –20 degrees. Jimmy Doyle Jimmy Doyle

IRELAND

• Funeral details for a young nurse who was killed in a three-car collision in Co Limerick earlier this weekend have been announced.
• The Master of the Rotunda Hospital said it should remain at its current site in north Dublin and be allowed to develop further, after a €100m critical care unit had its planning overturned.
• Simon Harris wants to incentivise savings and investment in Ireland, admitting that Ireland is “laggards at a European level” in relation to investments.
• The FAI is set to face formal opposition from its own members after the association insisted that the Republic of Ireland will fulfil its Nations League fixtures with Israel later this year.
• Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien has said negotiations are taking place to avoid further repeats of Ireland’s airspace being shut down following a spate of incidents this year.

INTERNATIONAL

An endocrinologist and a surgeon from a private clinic in Sumy carry a wooden board to cover the shattered windows of their center after a Russian drone attack on an adjacent children's hospital. © Francisco Richart / ZUMA Press Wire © Francisco Richart / ZUMA Press Wire / ZUMA Press Wire

#CORRUPTION: Ukraine’s NABU anti-corruption force said it arrested the country’s former energy minister German Galushchenko – who resigned last year during a massive corruption scandal – as he tried to cross Ukraine’s border.

#MUNICH: The European Union’s lead diplomat told the Munich Security Conference that the trading bloc needs to consider its defence on a whole of Europe basis. 

#GAZA: Donald Trump said members of his so-called Board of Peace have pledged $5 billion (€4.2 billion) towards rebuilding war-ravaged Gaza and will commit thousands of personnel to international stabilisation and police forces for the territory.

PARTING SHOT

Organisers described the event as a huge success and hope to build on it next year with the aim of turning the Helsinki Poc Fada into the official world winter championships. Jimmy Doyle Jimmy Doyle

IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES in Helsinki this weekend, members of the Irish community staged a Poc Fada on the frozen Baltic sea waters of Töölönlahti in temperatures of –20 degrees.

Despite the extreme cold, there was a strong turnout from the local GAA community. Passing locals stopped to watch in confusion and curiosity at the sight of sliothars being driven across the ice in the middle of the city, according to the club, Helsinki Harpers. 

The freezing conditions proved to be the biggest challenge of the day, with players remarking that the sliothar was turning “as hard as a rock” in the cold air.