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1. #ONLY SHOW IN TOWN: Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States today. Here’s everything you need to know about the inauguration.

2. #MELBOURNE: Three people have been killed, and 20 more injured, after a car ploughed into pedestrians in a busy shopping district in Melbourne.

3. #AVALANCHE: Rescuers have vowed not to give up their search for survivors from the Hotel Rigopiano, that was buried in snow following an earthquake in Italy on Wednesday.

4. #SINN FÉIN: Martin McGuinness bowed out of politics yesterday, but who do the party have lined up to fill his shoes?

5. #TRIBUTE: Ian Paisley Jr has paid a heartfelt tribute to McGuinness, saying that he had doubtless “saved lives” and “made countless lives better”.

6. #SAVOY: The owners of the iconic Savoy Cinema in Dublin have said that the size of its biggest screen will not be changed, after rumours had circulated that they planned to dramatically reduce it.

7. #CORK: A giant metal spike sculpture erected in the Town Park in Fermoy has been causing quite a stir.

8. #GOOD NEWS: A programme for a “wonder drug” to treat a 22-month-old baby with a rare disease has been approved at Temple Street Hospital.

9. #EVICTIONS: Apollo House organisers Home Sweet Home have accused Minister Simon Coveney of a “U-turn” after the government voted down the anti-evictions bill in the Dáil yesterday.