LAST UPDATE | 29 Jan

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Transport delays

1. Iarnród Éireann has warned of “major” disruption to rail services this morning in the wake of Storm Chandra. 

Weather warnings

2. Met Éireann has issued a rainfall warning for counties Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, and Wexford.

Jim Gavin

3. Former Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin will step down as chairperson of the North East Inner City Taskforce (NEIC) after months of uncertainty.

Scramblers

4. Garda sources say that ambiguity in the rules around pursuing scramblers is stopping them from being able to catch the bikes on Ireland’s streets, and instead have to focus on trying to identify the drivers afterwards.

Fairview

5. The Land Development Agency has announced the planned delivery of 779 apartments in Fairview in Dublin 3.

Minnesota

6. US president Donald Trump has said the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, is “playing with fire” for refusing to use local police to enforce his administration’s hardline immigration crackdown.

Colombia

7. An airplane carrying 15 people has crashed near Colombia’s border with Venezuela, killing all passengers and crew, Colombia’s civil aviation authority has said.

FootPrint underwriting

8. Staff of an Irish home and motor insurance underwriting firm have lost their jobs and have reportedly been left without pay as the company has entered liquidation.

Kneecap

9. Kneecap have hit out at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his stance towards Gaza in their latest single, Liars Tale.