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IRELAND

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• Gardaí identified the man whose body was found in a suitcase in the Grand Canal.
• Four young people were hospitalised after taking a designer drug in Cork.
• A review into the law allowing access to journalists’ phone records was announced.
• ‘Short-term solutions’ have been found for Traveller families evicted from an illegal halting site in Louth. [RTÉ News]
• The court case for Molly Martens, accused in the killing of her Irish husband Jason Corbett, continued in North Carolina.
• A man died following a car crash in Limerick.
• A jury found a 49-year-old man guilty of murdering a Kildare man in 2013.
• A new flight route between Boston and Cork encountered a stumbling block.
• Joan Burton faced a motion of no confidence.
• Shots were fired during an armed robbery in Dublin.
• A Late Late Show Valentine’s Day special was announced, despite last year’s eyebrow-raising show.

WORLD

A rescue worker controls Russian Orthodox believers swimming in the icy water on Epiphany at a pond in Krasnoye Selo outside St.Petersburg, Russia. Associated Press Associated Press

#GERMANY: The first arrest was made over the New Year’s sexual assault attacks in Cologne.

#IRAQ: The United Nations said an estimated 3,500 women and children are being held as slaves by the so-called Islamic State. [Sky News]

#JAPAN: The world’s oldest man died.

#UNITED KINGDOM: EU president Donald Tusk said the result of the upcoming Brexit referendum is ‘more unpredictable than ever’. [AFP]

#UNITED STATES: The Supreme Court is due to consider a challenge to Obama’s immigration reforms. [BBC News]

INNOVATION

• Stephen Hawking warned that humanity is at risk of a ‘lethal own goal’. [BBC News]
• A surgeon claimed he carried out a head transplant on a monkey. [New Scientist]
• Facebook is getting support for anonymous browsing using Tor. [The Next Web]

PARTING SHOT

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