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A sign held during today's 'Je Suis Charlie' march in Dublin, with the names of those who lost their lives in the attacks this week. Aileen Donegan Aileen Donegan

IRISH

• Rallies and marches took place in Irish cities to show support for French victims of terror attacks.
• Leo Varadkar warned we’re not out of the woods yet with hospital overcrowding.
• A post-mortem took place on the body of a toddler found dead in Limerick.
• Betting was suspended on Ray D’Arcy‘s replacement after three-figure sums were placed in favour of Anton Savage.
• Homes were evacuated in Galway after an early morning blaze.
• Aer Lingus will reap the benefits of falling oil price but apparently has no plans to pass this onto long-haul passengers.
• Enda Kenny’s secret list of women is causing ructions in Fine Gael.
• This beautiful baby boy will have life-saving surgery thanks to Irish generosity.

WORLD

Charlie Hebdo newspaper staff, with editorialist Patrick Pelloux, right, cartoonist Renald Luzier, known as Luz, left, react during a march in Paris. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#JE SUIS CHARLIE: Almost two million people attended the ‘unity’ rally in Paris.

#GERMANY: There was an arson attack at a newspaper that reprinted the Mohammed cartoons from Charlie Hebdo.

#AUSTRALIA: It emerged that Sydney siege victim Katrina Dawson was killed by a police bullet.

#NIGERIA: Boko Haram attacks continue in Nigeria with reports that a 10-year-old girl was used as a suicide bomber.

#RIP: Anita Ekberg, the iconic actress from La Dolce Vita, has died aged 83.

INNOVATION

• A study found men who post lots of selfies show sighs of psychopathy. [Gizmodo]
• A US company has designed custom earphones that can be shaped to your ears for ultimate comfort. [Mashable]
• Want to know the easiest way to upload photos to the cloud? We’re happy to help.

PARTING SHOT

Vice spoke to cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the man who dtew the original Mohammed drawings that appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Postern in 2006. In the last number of years he has been living with constant death threats and is still under police protection.

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