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

IRISH

Armed gardai at the scene in Greenogue business park in Rathcoole Co Dublin where a stash of guns and significant firearms and ammunition where seized. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Gardaí seized at least 15 guns which were to be used in gangland shootings.
• The Irish Girl Guides revealed they are to start allowing transgender children into their club
• Two Aer Lingus employees and a Chinese national were up in court today over an alleged illegal immigration ring.
• An insurance broker who claimed he’d been assaulted has lost a €60k damages claim against a Dublin nightclub.
• Irish actress Ruth Negga was nominated for an Oscar and her Limerick family are going mad.
• Gardaí have arrested a man in relation to the gangland murder of Eddie Hutch Snr.
• Raping someone while they’re asleep is to be explicitly illegal under new legislation which aims to tackle the issue of consent.
• The 1982 cold case murder of Charles Self is being reinvestigated as gardaí issue an appeal for information.

INTERNATIONAL 

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#UK The British Supreme Court has ruled that the UK’s exit from the EU must be put before Parliament before Article 50 is triggered.

#US: The US Attorney for the district of Massachusetts last night tweeted a picture which shows $20 million hidden under the box spring of a bed in Boston.

#FRANCE: Roman Polanski has decided against hosting the ‘French Oscars’ after pressure from women’s groups and the government over his child rape case.

#ITALY: Six people died in a helicopter crash close to site of the avalanche which claimed the lives of at least 15 people last week.

#ISRAEL: Over 2,500 settler homes have been approved for the West Bank following Trump’s ‘encouragement’.

PARTING SHOT

What would any day be if two celebrities weren’t at each other’s throats? Well, 24 January belongs to Ewan McGregor and Piers Morgan. McGregor refused to appear on ITV’s Good Morning Britain this morning after realising Morgan was the host. An all-out Twitter war was waged….until tea time and then everything was fine again.

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