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IRISH

Antoinette with her mother Christine Keegan with a picture of Martina and Mary who lost their lives in the Stardust disaster in 1981 Sam Boal Sam Boal

• A status yellow wind warning has been issued for 14 counties and Cork and Kerry have also been issued with a rainfall warning.
• Over €300,000 in cash was discovered stuffed into two bags at a house outside Dublin as gardaí continue their investigations into a massive seizure of loaded guns.
• The government has agreed an independent person will review the new evidence Stardust victims’ families say has recently been discovered.
• Bus Éireann’s CEO warned an Oireachtas committee that the entire company will be insolvent by the end of the year if drastic action is not taken.
• Fifty-one people have been arrested following 19 planned searches in the Kilkenny area over the past three days.
• If trends continue, national property prices will rise by an average of 7% in 2017, with even higher price increases predicted for the Leinster region.
• Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information on the death of Garda Adrian Donohoe on the 4-year anniversary of his death.
• A woman has been found guilty of manslaughter for stabbing her boyfriend during a drunken row.
• Ireland’s Euromillions winning ticket was bought by a work syndicate in Cork.

INTERNATIONAL 

Pablo Martinez Monsivais Pablo Martinez Monsivais

#US: US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order for a wall to be built on the Mexican border.

#RIP: Legendary US actress Mary Tyler Moore has died.

#TRAGIC: The bodies of a child and two adults were found inside a burnt-out house in south England

#SPEAKING OUT: One of the most high-profile defectors from North Korea has held his first press conference.

#JAILED: A Chicago man was sentenced to nine months in prison for hacking the electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and stealing private information, including nude videos and photos.

PARTING SHOT 

It’s January, it’s still cold and you’re probably counting down to payday.

Let’s just take a minute to appreciate how beautiful the purple sky was in Dublin this morning.

Jeri Mahon / Twitter Jeri Mahon / Twitter / Twitter

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