Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

The death of a woman in Dublin, water contamination and the city of Paris’ decision to sue Fox News had everyone talking today.

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

IRISH

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A woman died after being stabbed at her home in Dublin.
Graham Dwyer‘s murder trial will begin on Thursday.
It was revealed that water for almost a million people is at risk of contamination.
A new board structure was put in place for Irish Water.
Irishman Barry Lyttle was granted permission to move closer to his brother’s hospital in Australia.
A yellow snow (behave) warning was issued.
Irish fathers look set to benefit from two weeks paid paternity leave.
There are fears numbers of suicides may have risen over the Christmas period.
A Fine Gael councillor apologised for comparing anti-Page 3 campaigners to Nazis.
The Acorn Life Group is creating 125 new jobs nationwide.
Ryanair was fined for bad customer service.
An Irishman got stuck in an air vent at an Australian nightclub.

WORLD

Cucumber, Banana and Tofu promotion - London People take photographs on their smartphones of a rainbow, measuring 30 metres wide by 15 metres high, projected onto water in Trafalgar Square, London. Matt Alexander Matt Alexander

#NO-GO: The city of Paris is going to sue Fox News over remarks made about ‘no-go zones’ in the city.

#MISSOURI: A five-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his nine-month-old baby brother after finding a gun in his house.

#JAPAN: Islamic State militants threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless a $200 million ransom is paid.

#STOP IT: Pope Francis said good Catholics no longer have to breed “like rabbits”, though he still isn’t encouraging use of contraception.

#YEMEN: Rebels have seized the president’s palace and violence has escalated.

INNOVATION

A new app allows you to have conversions with an ‘invisible’ boyfriend or girlfriend. [Business Insider]
If you use one of these passwords, you’re in serious trouble.

PARTING SHOT

There’s been a lot of talk about Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech but this, according to Vox, is what he would say if he was being brutally honest.