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

IRELAND

Pictured are two heron battle in mid air this morning in the Pheonix Park, Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Bróin has said Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is not owed an apology after it was reported in recent days that there were expenses undeclared by Sinn Féin. 
• A man in his 30s died following a road crash in Kilkenny. 
• Clarendon Street in the capital again emerged as Dublin city’s worst blackspot for the clamping of illegally parked vehicles, as overall clamping rates in the capital rose by 10% last year to over 40,000 vehicles.
• The number of people experiencing homelessness in Ireland has once again hit a record high with latest government figures showing that 11,632 people were living in emergency accommodation in December. 
• A former British soldier found guilty of killing a man at an army checkpoint in Northern Ireland more than 30 years ago is to be sentenced next week. 
• Former teacher Enoch Burke remained at his former school in Westmeath, as his deadline to purge his contempt of court or face a €700 daily fine passed at 2pm.
• The BBC has apologised for claiming that Paul Mescal is British.

INTERNATIONAL

Wreaths are placed at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany. Markus Schreiber Markus Schreiber

#JERUSALEM: A gunman killed five people and wounded three others in a shooting near a synagogue in east Jerusalem in one of the deadliest attacks on Israelis in years, according to Israel’s national rescue service.

#USA: American health authorities have proposed a further easing of AIDS-era restrictions on blood donations by gay and bisexual men.

#UK: Former UK Health Secretary secretary Matt Hancock has donated 3% the £320,000 (€365,000) fee he was paid for his controversial appearance on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 

PARTING SHOT

It’s the last Friday of a loooooong January and many of us just got paid. 

Here is a video of dogs having fun to celebrate. Enjoy! (Click here if does not appear below)