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IRELAND

Daria Sadkina from Co Cavan poses with her tattoo-print tights at the Local Enterprise Showcase at the RDS. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Gerry Adams described Brexit as a “hostile act against the people of this island” after the British government said that his previous claims “had no basis in fact”
• A 44-year-old man was arrested after a shop in Balrothery was robbed last night
• Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said that fears that Ireland may end up as “collateral damage” in Brexit negotiations are “well-founded”
• The government is deciding whether they should regulate AirBnB
• Gardaí are searching for two men involved in the robbery of a jewellery shop in Malahide, Dublin yesterday
• It’s cost €362,000 to investigate a senator’s €2,000 expense claims
• A man in his 30s was killed after he was hit by a car in Laois last night
• How much is your bank charging you for ATM and contactless services? We’ve listed the price each bank charges here.

WORLD

A woman walks past a protest sign left behind the day after hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the street to protest against the anti-Islamic and sexist comments made by the now US President Donald Trump. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s senior advisor has defended comments by the US President and his administration by calling them “alternative facts”.

#TRIDENT: The UK government has been accused of covering up a failed test of its nuclear weapons last year, just weeks before lawmakers voted to renew the system.

#INDIA: Rescuers struggled to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 36 passengers in southern India.

PARTING SHOT

In an attempt to clear up certain crowd-size claims, the BBC have created this interactive map of the 2009 and 2017 US Presidential inaugurations – slide the arrows left or right to spot the differences.

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