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

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IRISH

• A furious storm has hit Ireland and things will get worse as the night progresses.
• Now Sinn Féin might pull out of Vincent Browne constituency debates.
• Three men were charged over the murder of Nelson Cheung.
• Stephen Donnelly will not be joining the new alliance of independent deputies.
• We found out those newly installed water meters will only last 15 years.
• The Israeli Embassy in Ireland deleted a tweet saying it warned the world about Paris attacks.
• Eircom was slammed for ‘excessive’ and ‘opportunistic’ price rises.
• We heard a number of young Irish people have left Ireland to fight alongside ISIS.
• Teachers are going on strike again.
• Waterford Whispers received praise from the Washington Post.

WORLD

Pope Francis frees a dove in Madhu, Sri Lanka. Alessandra Tarantino / AP/PA Alessandra Tarantino / AP/PA / AP/PA

#JE SUIS CHARLIE: Al Qaeda in Yemen are claiming responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack.

#CHARLIE HEBDO: Millions more copies of the French weekly are being printed after it sold out today. [BBC]

#TEXAS: A bus carrying 12 prisoners fell from an overpass and was then hit by a train.

#FREE SPEECH: A French comedian is to stand trial over Facebook comments about Paris attacks.

INNOVATION

• There was an evacuation of the ISS after a toxic alarm sounded.
• Believe it or not, Ireland has the seventh fastest broadband speeds in the world.
• We asked the glitterbomb guy ten questions and here’s what he had to say.

 PARTING SHOT

Trivial as it may seem, this interactive feature that allows you to swipe between pictures of iconic leaders when they had hair and when they were bald is strangely captivating. Note how Putin looks as unimpressed with the world as a young man as he does now. Thanks Vox.

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