Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

The most important Irish and international stories you need to know today.

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

IRELAND

161Stardust Anniversary_90742930 Members of the emergency services and army veterans gathered at the Stardust vigil today, 45 years after the tragedy. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

Gardaí are seeking to identify the driver of a car involved in a three-car collision after a woman in her thirties died.
The Irish Foreign Affairs minister said Ireland disagrees with Marco Rubio’s comments earlier in which he claimed there was a “climate change cult”.
Dublin Airport’s airspace was forced to close at intervals in the early hours of this morning due to staffing issues at AirNav Ireland.
Status yellow rain and snow warnings are in place for nine counties in the North and West.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said it would be “unthinkable” for Ireland to play Israel at home or away “while a genocide against the Palestinian people continues”.

INTERNATIONAL

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#MUNICH: America’s top diplomat told the Munich Security Conference that he believes the “rules based order” was an “overused term”, rounded on “a climate change cult” and told delegates that UN diplomacy will not solve the world’s problems.

#ACCUSATIONS: The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands accused Russia of “poisoning” opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison in 2024 using a “rare toxin” today on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

#WASSERMAN GROUP: The chairman of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is selling his talent agency after his name appeared in the recent wave of revelations concerning late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to US media reports.

PARTING SHOT

Shane Mc Loughlin World Record 1587 A sixth world record for Paralympian and amputee Shane McLoughlin, who successfully pulled the 120 tonne Aran Island Ferries’ vessel Saoirse na Farraige five meters. RAY RYAN RAY RYAN

MONAGHAN MAN SHANE McLoughlin broke his sixth world record this morning as he pulled a 120 tonne boat over five metres.

McLoughlin, a 54-year-old Paralympian and amputee, completed the feat at Rossaveel Harbour in Connemara at 11.05am, when he pulled Aran Island Ferries’ largest vessel, Saoirse na Farraige.

Speaking to The Journal after his success today, he said he next wants to pull a 300 tonne train.