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

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary poses with a poster for a Big Idiot Sale in the Mayson Hotel, Dublin, this morning following a public spat with Elon Musk, who suggested buying the airline in a poll on his social media platform X. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• An Irish judge insisted that a transgender child in care be called by their “original name”, and remarks were made about a child being a “biological girl” in “reality” during reviews of aftercare plans in the Dublin District Court last year. 
• Irish customers are among those receiving cheques from Amazon as part of a $2.5 billion (€2.1 bn) settlement it struck with US regulators.
• The costs of a 256g bag of Mini Eggs is now a tenner in a number of Irish stores.
• The garda who fired the fatal shots which killed George Nkencho in the driveway of his family home in west Dublin five years ago has claimed he had no option but to use lethal force in the situation he faced.
• Gardaí and the military have responded to a suspicious package incident at Trump Doonbeg in County Clare just hours after the US President’s son Eric left the resort. 
• A new “traditional Irish pub” has opened in Terminal 2 of Dublin Airport.
• Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said the airline has seen an uptick in bookings since he got into a war of words with Tesla boss Elon Musk over the cost of installing wi-fi antennae on planes. 

INTERNATIONAL

President Donald Trump speaks during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#TARIFFS: Donald Trump has said he will not impose planned tariffs on ten European countries after claiming a “framework” had been agreed for a future deal relating to Greenland and the wider Arctic region.

#MERCOSUR: The EU-Mercosur trade deal has been stalled after MEPs voted to refer the agreement to the European courts.

#GELIDA: One person has died and dozens have been injured, five of them seriously, after a train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall last night.

#PRINCE HARRY: Prince Harry has denied that he has “leaky” social circles as he gave evidence in his legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail. 

PARTING SHOT

Emmanuel Macron gave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland yesterday wearing a pair of sunglasses, indoors.

The unusual choice of eyewear prompted people to wonder what was going on with the French President.

Some people in France have labelled Macron a “kéké”, meaning show-off in French, while others made comparisons to Tom Cruise’s look in Top Gun and Henry Winkler’s Happy Days character Fonzie.

Rather than it being an exercise in French fashion flair, it turns out Macron has been battling an eye condition that he has said is “completely harmless”, but has made his right eye look red and puffy

The unusual choice of eyewear prompted people to wonder what was going on with the French President. https://t.co/kvdgTvOr9J

— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) January 21, 2026