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IRELAND

mber Delap aged 6 years dressed in traditional Hanbok with Bok-Jumoni with Performers from Flower City Dragon & Lion Dance Association in the ornamental glass garden, Botanic Gardens to mark the launch of the programme for Dublin Lunar New Year Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• Gardaí have said there is still no clear motive for the murder of Michael Tormey in Ballyfermot on Sunday. 
• Ireland has now recorded more than one million cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland’s voluntary vaccination system will be maintained after it emerged public health experts are exploring a mandatory system.
• One of the child victims in the Munster sexual abuse case has said he thinks his parents and other family members who abused him should go to jail “for a long time”.
• A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Giedre Raguckaite, a Lithuanian national who went missing from Louth three years ago.
• Teaching unions have hit out at “unhelpful” speculation about this year’s State Exams and have said they should take place in the traditional fashion. 
• Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has issued a formal apology to a man who was wrongly accused of killing a 19-year-old woman in Co Meath in 1971.
• Lawyers for former Defence Forces member Lisa Smith are set to make a last ditch pre-trial application for the case to be dismissed. 

INTERNATIONAL

The exterior of the Twin Parks North West residential apartment building in New York where a fire broke out, killing 17 people Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#DJOKOVIC: Novak Djokovic has said he is hoping to still compete in the Australian Open, hours after winning a victory over the Australian government in his visa battle.

#CLIMATE: The last seven years have been the hottest on record globally “by a clear margin”, the European Union’s climate monitoring service has reported.

#UGANDA: Uganda’s schools have reopened to students, ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

PARTING SHOT

US comedian Bob Saget has died at the age of 65.

Saget, known for starring in US sitcoms including Full House, was pronounced dead at a hotel room in Orlando, Florida.

"I will never ever have another friend like him," John Stamos, who starred alongside Bob Saget in "Full House," said in a tweet. "I love you so much Bobby." https://t.co/AJ6pUaBAff pic.twitter.com/RZbGFaynCf

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 10, 2022

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