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

IRELAND

A snowman stands at attention as the light fades on a snowy Sally Gap in the Dublin Mountains Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Strike action by nurses has been deferred.
• The demolition of some Moore Street buildings has been put on hold for two weeks. [RTÉ News]
• That cold weather isn’t going anywhere.
• A bus driver faces jail for sexually assaulting a young passenger with special needs.
• The Taoiseach remained coy about a potential election date.
• Arlene Foster became the North’s First Minister, and one politician’s reaction has caught attention.
• The PSNI launched a murder investigation after a man’s death outside a pub.
• UTV Ireland‘s head of channel resigned.
• New legislation making it easier to pay fines came into effect.
• Uber opened a new base in Limerick – here’s what it has in store for Ireland.
• A potential juror suffered a panic attack during jury selection in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank executives.
• Hundreds turned out for the funeral of Polish man who died alone on Christmas Day.

WORLD

The iconic album art of David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. Wikimedia Wikimedia

#ASHES TO ASHES: David Bowie died, aged 69, and the world mourned his death.

#FRANCE: A school was evacuated over a ‘serious’ terror threat.

#GERMANY: A group of migrants were attacked by a 20-strong mob.

#SOUTH AFRICA: Oscar Pistorius is appealing his murder conviction.

#SPAIN: Princess Cristina and her husband went on trial in a landmark corruption case.

#SWEDEN: Police has been accused of covering up sex attacks at a festival last summer. [The Associated Press]

#SYRIA: An aid convoy reached the besieged town of Madaya. [BBC News]

#UNITED STATES: Four teenagers were arrested after a woman was allegedly gang-raped in a Brooklyn playground.

INNOVATION

• Ford is in talks with Google on developing self-driving cars. [Wall Street Journal]
• Spotify doesn’t seem fazed by Apple Music’s quick growth.
• It looks like Philae has been lost. [New Scientist]

PARTING SHOT

For the day that’s in it…

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