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

IRELAND

2FM broadcaster Larry Gogan in 2009 Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• A 32-year-old man was arrested after the body of a woman was found in a house in Co Louth.
• The family of murdered Garda Adrian Donohoe was awarded €1.3 million in damages for personal injury against the State.
• Nurses announced they will stage a day of industrial action on 30 January, with further strikes planned for February.
• RTÉ presenter Larry Gogan announced he will leave 2FM after 40 years at the station.
• Gardaí said there is nothing to suggest that a woman whose body was found in rural Wexford died in suspicious circumstances.

• Former sports coach Bill Kenneally appeared in court charged with 171 counts of sexual assault against three boys.

• Investigators in Donegal began to search and excavate an area of land as part of a probe into the disappearance of 46-year-old Deirdre O’Flaherty.

• The former chair of the Housing Agency Conor Skehan attracted controversy after repeating a claim that homelessness is “normal”.
• Padraig Harrington was confirmed as the captain of the European team for next year’s Ryder Cup.

INTERNATIONAL

Snow covers a tree in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the 500BC Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#HEATHROW Departures from London’s Heathrow Airport were suspended for around an hour this afternoon after a suspected drone sighting.

#USA Donald Trump will give a televised address in the US tonight as he pushes for a showdown in his ongoing battle for a controversial US-Mexico border wall.

#GERMANY Angela Merkel led condemnations of a “politically motivated” gang attack against German MP Frank Magnitz, a leader of the anti-immigration populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD).

PARTING SHOT

RTÉ Radio legend Larry Gogan announced today that he is set to leave 2FM after 40 years at the station.

Gogan is well-known for the length of time he’s been on the airwaves, but almost as famous is the ‘Just a Minute Quiz’, one of the highlights of his shows over the years. 

The 60-second quiz is often recalled for the wrong answers that participants have given, and as a tribute to Gogan, RTÉ have put together ten of the best worst answers from down the years, which you can read here.

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