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GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.
1. Trump said he “didn’t see” the part of a video posted on his social media account that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys.
2. UCD is coming under pressure to revoke an award it gave to renowned linguist Noam Chomsky, following fresh details of his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
3. Gardaí have shut down an illegal streaming service in Galway city, closing almost 200 accounts in the process.
4. Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are calling for their congressional testimony on ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to be held publicly, to prevent Republicans from politicising the issue.
5. The constitutional right to trial in due course of law for some is potentially at risk due to an ongoing problem with reports from expert witnesses.
6. Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says she couldn’t get a place in the Oireachtas créche when she returned from maternity leave.
7. Spain and Portugal are bracing for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo killed at least one person in each country.
8. The Winter Olympics opened on Friday with a glittering ceremony at the San Siro stadium, echoed by celebrations at Games venues across the Italian Alps. Here are the best photos from the event.
9. A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange has apologised after mistakenly transferring more than €33.8 billion worth of bitcoin to users, which briefly prompted a selloff on the platform.
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