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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Here’s what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

90120313_90120313 2FM broadcaster Larry Gogan in 2009 Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

  • Former sports coach Bill Kenneally appeared in court charged with 171 counts of sexual assault against three boys.

INTERNATIONAL

Greece Snow Snow covers a tree in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the 500BC Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#HEATHROW Departures from London’s Heathrow Airport were suspended for around an hour this afternoon after a suspected drone sighting.

#USA Donald Trump will give a televised address in the US tonight as he pushes for a showdown in his ongoing battle for a controversial US-Mexico border wall.

#GERMANY Angela Merkel led condemnations of a “politically motivated” gang attack against German MP Frank Magnitz, a leader of the anti-immigration populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD).

PARTING SHOT

RTÉ Radio legend Larry Gogan announced today that he is set to leave 2FM after 40 years at the station.

Gogan is well-known for the length of time he’s been on the airwaves, but almost as famous is the ‘Just a Minute Quiz’, one of the highlights of his shows over the years. 

The 60-second quiz is often recalled for the wrong answers that participants have given, and as a tribute to Gogan, RTÉ have put together ten of the best worst answers from down the years, which you can read here.

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