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

IRELAND

A mural on Tara Street in Dublin saying take care of yourself Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

•  An ice warning has come into effect with temperatures set to drop below freezing overnight.
• A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the body of an elderly man at a house in Castlebar, Co. Mayo last night. 
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the Government will have to “weigh up the pros and cons” of extending the eviction ban.
• Varadkar also said today that it “makes sense” to teach kids about transgender people, saying that children should be informed about the world.
• Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been asked again whether he intends to run in the 2025 presidential election but refused to give an answer one way or the other.
• DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has formed an eight-person group to gauge opinion on the Windsor Framework and report back to him by the end of March.
• Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said that there needs to be a change in private car use to help reduce emissions and congestion on roads.
• A man accused of murdering Natalie McNally left “hidden messages” about her death in a staged gaming livestream, a barrister has told a court.
• A man has been sent forward for trial accused of dangerous driving causing the death of a Dublin teenager following a collision between a motorcycle and a taxi.

INTERNATIONAL

Street vendor selling colored powder or Gulal at a market, ahead of Holi Festival in Guwahati, Assam, India Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#COUZENS: Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to 19 months in prison after admitting three incidents of indecent exposure committed in the months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard.

#UKRAINE: Ukraine has pledged to bolster its defences in frontline Bakhmut, after reports that Kyiv was withdrawing from the city that has become a symbolic prize in the war.

#NEW YORK: One person has died after a crowd pushed toward the exits of a concert in upstate New York amid apparent fears that shots had been fired.

PARTING SHOT

Front facade of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Notre Dame will reopen to visitors at the end of 2024 – less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said.

The French cathedral’s spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start reappearing above the monument this year in a powerful signal of its revival, the army general in charge of the colossal project, Jean-Louis Georgelin, said.