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

Work continues on the excavation site for a ninth day at a quarry site in Co Wicklow near the Kildare border, where investigators are searching for Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob, who went missing in 1995 and 1998 respectively. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• Gardaí in Kerry have re-arrested the chief suspect in the murder of Kenmare farmer Michael Gaine.
• The Education Minister has defended the government’s U-turn on reducing the number of special needs assistants (SNAs) for the next school year, after criticism that it was simply delaying a decision on the issue.
• A pregnant Co Armagh woman was killed in a “prolonged assault”, a murder trial has heard.
• Parishes across the Midlands and the West have been instructed to stop facilitating wakes inside Catholic churches.
• A London band has lost a significant amount of touring equipment after their van was broken into while they were visiting Dublin.
• The data and privacy regulator has defended how it holds big tech to account, arguing that it has levied billions of euros in fines against multinational companies.

INTERNATIONAL

The new provocative 'Fountain of Filth' installation by Channel 4 stands at Observation Point on London’s South Bank. Bronze-like figures appear to vomit brown-coloured water, representing the human impact of sewage pollution. Alamy Alamy

#ANDREW The British government has committed to releasing files related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former role as a trade envoy, as the former prince was described as “a rude, arrogant and entitled man”.

#LOUVRE The head of rance’s Louvre Museum has resigned following a months-long string of scandals – including the brazen theft of priceless jewels in broad daylight.

#NANCY GUTHRIE The family of Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing in the United States for 24 days, are offering up to $1 million for information that may lead to her recovery.

PARTING SHOT

New Yorkers have been outside with snowboards and skis, sledding down the hills, building snowmen, and havinfg snowball fights. Alamy Alamy

Over 40 million people were under weather warnings in the northeastern United States yesterday, as the so-called “Nor’easter” pummelled the region.

The winter storm disrupted flights and left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power.

This was the largest amount of snowfall at New York City’s official reporting station from a single storm in over a decade.