EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of the day’s main news – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…

• Naval divers have carried out a comprehensive search of the Tit Bonhomme trawler for three missing fishermen who were on board when it sank last Sunday, but say they have made no further progress in locating the men. The bodies of two men were recovered yesterday.
• A major fire has broken out at an apartment block on the quay in New Ross, Co Wexford. Firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze, which broke out at around 4.30 this afternoon. No injuries have been reported.
• Facebook is considering doubling the size of its Dublin offices, according to a report published this afternoon. Bloomberg have reported that the social network is considering leasing as much as 11,150 square metres (120,000 square feet) of office space in the next five years.
• Dentists are furious at new figures which have revealed that the HSE had budgeted €63m for dental care last year – but only spent €51.5m.
• Two women were arrested in Belfast yesterday in connection with controlling prostitution and suspected human trafficking, as part of a PSNI investigation into suspected criminal gangs involved in controlling prostitution across Northern Ireland.
• Hungarian president Viktor Orban has given indications that he will bow to EU pressure and undo controversial constitutional changes which go against EU law.
• The search for survivors of the Costa Concordia, which capsized on Friday night, has been suspended for a third time after the ship was recorded moving in the water overnight. Meanwhile, crew member Domnica Cemortan has come out to deny claims the captain was one of the first off the ship (video).
• Renowned scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky has shown his support for the Vita Cortex workers in their fifth week of a sit-in at their former employers in Cork, praising their “courageous and honourable actions”.

Hair artists prepare the beard of a model during preparations of the fashion show by fashion designer Patrick Mohr at the Fashion Week in Berlin, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

• Legendary American soul singer Etta James has passed away in California at the age of 73, following an illness. Her husband, Artis Mills, and sons were by her side as she died, according to her friend and manager Lupe De Leon.
• Excited to learn that Al Green had joined his fundraiser in New York last night, US president Barack Obama showcased his previously unheard of singing abilities…
• The yearly panic that is Valentine’s Day is closer than you might think. If you’re fretting about what to get for your beloved, what about a nice bar of gold designed by Jean Paul Gaultier? No… seriously.
• Want to know how to calm down a newborn baby? This video by a new dad demonstrates that making a sound at “motorboat frequency” can work – and its’ definitely worth watching for the baby’s expression alone.

Anne Doyle has left big shoes to fill with her recent departure from the nation’s television screens… could this be who we are waiting for?

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