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

IRELAND

Former Riverdance frontman, the Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley will perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump. Graham Hughes / RollingNews.ie Graham Hughes / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Martin McGuinness announced he is stepping away from politics
• The killers of Dale Creighton were attacked in Mountjoy
• A convicted killer was sentenced to community service for attacking a garda
• The government defeated the AAA-PBP anti evictions bill
• The PAC was set to investigate a €7 million overspend at Tipperary Hospital
• Enda Kenny ruled out an election in 2017
• Gardaí arrested a man who had a sawn-off shotgun in Finglas
• Tributes were paid to Wexford music promoter Barry Ennis
• Michael Flatley was announced as a performer for the Donald Trump inauguration

INTERNATIONAL

Maddie, a King Charles Spaniel, studies a 1/6th scale model of a German WW2 1943 Tiger Tank, ahead of the London Model Engineering exhibition held at Alexandra Palace, London. John Stillwell / PA Wire/PA Images John Stillwell / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#ITALY: More than 25 people are still missing after an avalanche on an Italian mountain.

#SAUDI ARABIA: Six British nationals have died in a crash near a Saudi pilgrimage site.

#ASSANGE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will travel to the US.

PARTING SHOT

Today is Dublin Airport’s 77th birthday. This Flightradar24 gif shows a timelapse of all of the flights coming in and out in a day.

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