Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

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Gardaí investigating the murder of Paula Canty in Mallow arrested a man in his 40s.
The cold weather looked set to continue, with a Status Orange low temperature and ice warning issued for most of the country and temperatures of -3 and -8 degrees for tonight.
Residents of a remote Direct Provision centre were left without power and heat amid severe cold weather.
The “tortuous search” for Belfast man John George ended after his body was found in Spain.
A man was arrested in connection with the death of Bosnian man Adnan Asic in Blanchardstown over two years ago.
An off-duty PSNI officer was hospitalised in a shooting in Co Antrim.
A man in his late 60s died after an “altercation” in Dublin city centre.
Wheelchair-accessible taxi grants closed “after just 15 minutes”, prompting calls for a review.
Buskers were fearing for their livelihoods as Grafton Street apartments were given the green light.
Eamon Dunphy’s The Stand podcast announced a break “for the foreseeable future”.

INTERNATIONAL

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#GULF OFF Donald Trump unveiled some of his initial US foreign policy plans for his return to the White House, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’ and threats of military force against Greenland and Panama.

#FRANCE:France today marked 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper – killing 12 people – and provoking a fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion.

PARTING SHOT

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The big GAA story of recent days has been around the potential reemergence of former Derry Gaelic football manager Rory Gallagher as manager of a Kildare club side.

But the club have been reconsidering the appointment of the Ulster man.

This and more are dealt with by the latest edition of The 42FM, with Gavin Cooney and Sinead O’Carroll.