Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

A shooting, a shutdown and a new Sinn Féin leader had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

swans 801_90534653 Tom Alcock (2) from Cabra feeds swans on the Royal Canal in Dublin. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

A man was shot dead in Clondalkin
Mary Lou McDonald was confirmed as new leader of Sinn Féin
A snow-ice warning was issued for three counties
An Irishman went missing in Vienna
A US committee began investigating Donald Trump’s Clare golf course’s links to Russia
Gardaí feared burglary gangs would have “free rein” in Dublin
A proposal to commemorate Irish Independence Day was floated

INTERNATIONAL

#SHUTDOWN: The US government shutdown brought with it pointing of fingers.

#THAWING: North Korea announced it will send 22 athletes to the Winter Olympics.

#TURKEY: 11 people were killed when a Turkish bus full of families bound for a ski trip crashed.

PARTING SHOT

Dublin’s “Dead Zoo” – the Natural History Museum is a stunning venue for a wedding, as it turns out. Daily Edge has a look at Rebecca O’Neil’s wedding in the museum.

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