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

Dingle’s Paul Geaney lifts the Andy Merrigan Cup for Dingle. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

IRELAND

• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the European Union will “obviously retaliate” if Donald Trump imposes threatened tariffs on eight countries who oppose his plan to take over Greenland.  
• A “suspect device” was removed from the Royal Canal at Newcomen Bridge in Dublin.
• The government is not moving away from enacting the Occupied Territories Bill, but is moving towards “a peace process approach”, Micheál Martin said. 
• Tributes poured in for a woman whose body was found in her home in Limerick following a house fire yesterday evening.
• A man in his late teens died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Galway. 
• The Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and a number of other Cabinet figures are to meet tomorrow to discuss laws concerning sexual harassment imagery in the wake of controversy over AI tool Grok.

INTERNATIONAL

Danish soldiers disembark at the port in Nuuk, Greenland. Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix via AP Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix via AP / Ritzau Scanpix via AP

#TARIFFS: The eight countries that Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on unless he can reach a deal for the US to take over Greenland said the US President’s plans “risk a dangerous downward spiral”.

#AUSTRIA: Eight skiers were killed in three avalanches across Austria, authorities said.

#SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa declared a national disaster over torrential rains and floods that have killed at least 30 people in the northern part of the country, damaged thousands of homes and washed away roads and bridges.

PARTING SHOT

Micheál Martin with Donald Trump in the White House last year. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

TAOISEACH MICHEÁL MARTIN is expected to make the traditional annual trip to the White House in March for St Patrick’s Day.

It is customary for the Taoiseach to visit the White House to celebrate the feast day with the Americans. But, as has happened in the last couple of years, questions have been raised as to whether he should go. 

Take part in our poll here to have your say on whether the Taoiseach should go, and see what others think.