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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. Weather warnings are in place across the country this morning as temperatures drop below freezing.
2. Ireland should be open to using foreign police forces to help gardaí provide security for events taking place during the upcoming EU Presidency, the European Minister has said.
3. Women in the west and north-west of the country are contemplating paying cash for private breast cancer treatment due to the length of time they are waiting for public service therapies, according TD Martin Daly.
4. Pressure remains on the government to support Seamus Culleton, who remains in ICE detention in the United States, despite his past run-ins with the Irish legal system.
5. US immigration authorities plan to significantly increase the number of immigrants they can hold by the end of 2026, earmarking $38 billion (€32 billion) for acquiring and renovating detention centres, according to newly released government documents.
6. A couple living in the Clongriffin flat complex in North Dublin where two apartment buildings have flooded has said that some of their neighbours have potentially lost their livelihoods.
7. Camp Montana opened last August, and is already the subject of reports about its stark conditions.
8. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government would consider a ban on vaping in cars where children are passengers.
9. It was ten years ago that First Dates Ireland aired its first episode, and its pairings have had some success – but not as many marriages as one may think.
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