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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Here’s what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

election 2020 75 President Michael D Higggins and An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Aras an Uachtarain after the Taoiseach signed the papers to seek dissolution of the 32nd Dáil Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

winter-weather-jan-14th-2020 London got a dose of Storm Brendan today. Dominic Lipinski / PA Images Dominic Lipinski / PA Images / PA Images

#INDYREF: Nicola Sturgeon came out fighting after Boris Johnson rejected the calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

#TARRAGONA: A chemical emergency was declared in north-east Spain after an explosion in an industrial zone.

#MEGXIT: Canada is deciding whether to cover the costs of Harry and Meghan’s security.

PARTING SHOT

A new study from Dartmouth University has claimed that the precise age of peak unhappiness for people 47.2 years old.

The Guardian asked 47-year-olds to tell them how they felt at that age.

Here’s what they said