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

IRELAND

Clean up is underway nationwide after trees and debris were swept around the country during Storm Éowyn today. Alamy Alamy

• Storm Éowyn, Ireland’s strongest storm, passed over the country
• Public transport operators warned of severe and ongoing disruptions
• Uisce Éireann said 120,000 premises are without water
• Wind speeds broke all-time records
• Hundreds of flights were cancelled in and out of Irish airports
• A man died after a tree fell on his car on in Co Donegal this morning
• Connacht GAA’s €3.1 million Air Dome was destroyed by high speed winds
• Speed limits on rural roads to be reduced from 7 February
• Six-metre-tall marine buoy washed up on Co Kerry beach
• Gardaí are investigating a late night Limerick city feud shooting incident
• Leo Varadkar is off to Harvard to become a guest lecturer in public leadership
• Kneecap booked their biggest headline gig yet
• Diageo could split with the G amid reports that it’s considering selling off Guinness for reported $10 billion

INTERNATIONAL

US golfers are flocking to Donald Trump's Doonbeg Resort in Ireland. Alamy Alamy

#GOLF: US golfers have flocked to Donald Trump’s Doonbeg resort since his election

#GAZA: Hamas named four Israeli women soldiers set to be released as part of captive exchange deal

#WHITE HOUSE: The US deported hundreds of migrants as a warrantless raid in was slammed for ‘violating constitution’

#TENNIS: Novak Djokovic was booed by fans and was forced to retire in Australian Open semi-final

PARTING SHOT

A large number of power outages remain as ESB crews continue to restore electricity to around 625,000 homes and businesses.

The provider said earlier that it will be able to give better estimates for the time it will take to restore power to customers tomorrow, but teams are working around the clock to restore services to premises as soon as possible.

Earlier, around 250,000 properties in the North were without power – resulting in approximately 1 million homes and businesses being without electricity at one point today during the storm