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IRELAND

File photo of Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insisted he’s standing behind Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald as the country edges towards a general election.
• A member of the Kinahan cartel was arrested in Spain in relation to the seizure of 1.2 tonnes of cocaine earlier this month.
• A man in his 50s died in a single-car collision in Cavan.
• Three men were sentenced to combined jail terms of nearly 50 years for “barbaric” break-ins at two rural homes in Co Limerick.
• Men who are convicted of the manslaughter of current or former intimate partners serve less time in jail than other men convicted of the same charge, a new survey found.
• Motorists were warned to slow down as a snow-ice alert remains in place for the country.
• A solicitor is facing trial accused of bringing cocaine into an inmate at Mountjoy Prison during a professional visit.
• A Jobstown water charges protester pleaded guilty to criminal damage of a garda car.
• An employee of the National Museum of Ireland who is challenging his suspension had “an obsession with tall women with long legs“, the High Court heard.
• The amount of packaging material being generated in Ireland from online shops outside the state grew by 28% last year, a report by Repak said.
• Ikea is planning to open a store in Carrigtwohill, east Cork, according to the Irish Examiner.

WORLD

Dunstanburgh Castle ruins in Alnwick, Northumberland, England under a starry sky Owen Humphreys / PA Wire/PA Images Owen Humphreys / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images

#EGYPT: At least 235 people were killed after gunmen attacked a mosque in the North Sinai province and set off a bomb.

#LONDON: Police in London responded to reports of shots being fired near Oxford Street but stood down the operation after finding no trace of suspects, shots fired or casualties.

#ZIMBABWE: Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president, marking the final chapter of a political drama that toppled his predecessor Robert Mugabe after a military takeover.

#SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was increased from six years to 13 years and five months.

PARTING SHOT

A profile of actor Barry Keoghan is featured in the winter issue of Dazed magazine, and Ireland looks gorgeous in the photographs (via DailyEdge).

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