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

French star dancer Kevin Coquelard pictured during rehearsals from The Irish Modern Dance Theatre Actions- An Evening of Men in Motion. Actions-An Evening of Men in Motion is taking place on the Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre opening 28 January and running until 1 February. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

• 328 jobs were put at risk after liquidators were appointed to Mount Carmel Hospital
• A 19-year-old was jailed for the murder of 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy-McNamara [RTÉ]
• Gardaí released details of the investigation into the murder of Garda Adrian Donoghue
• Former Fine Gael junior minister Lucinda Creighton took aim at her former cabinet colleagues
• The Garda Commissioner said that he has “no difficulty” in providing information to the PAC
• A comedy play was pulled from a Northern Ireland theatre for being ‘blasphemous’
• Charity Women’s Aid accepted a court-ordered donation by a man found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend
• 40 new jobs were announced at a manufacturing plant in Cork
• Two horses were rescued from a bog in County Meath
• Enda Kenny charmed a Bloomberg TV anchor in Davos

INTERNATIONAL

Thirteen men arrested in the Monday night gang rape of a woman are produced at a court in Bolpur, West Bengal state, India. (AP Photo)

#GANG RAPE: Thirteen men have appeared in an Indian court charged with the gang-rape of a woman. The attack was reportedly ordered by the village council because the woman had “brought shame” on her town.

#GOODFELLA: A 78-year-old gangster has been charged for his involvement with a robbery later immortalised in the movie Goodfellas. Vincent Asaro claims he never saw any of the $6 million stolen from a Lufthansa Airlines cargo delivery.

#TROLLS: Two people in England have been jailed for directing abusive messages at a feminist campaigner. Caroline Criado-Perez led a campaign to have Jane Austen’s face put on Britain’s £10 bank note. She was on the receiving end of abuse, including threats of rape.

#QUEBEC: The search for more than 30 people reported missing after a fire at a home for the elderly in the Canadian province of Quebec has gotten underway.

INNOVATION

• What’s worse than shopping for tiles? Shopping for an iPad and getting a ceramic tile. [Geek.com]
• Taxi drivers may be getting nervous about what Google plans for their unmanned cars. [TheJournal.ie]
• As the Macintosh turns 30, one of the writers around at the time, reminisces. [Wired]

PARTING SHOT

From Obama, to space, to nerds and jokes, Vine has become pretty popular this year. It is marking its first birthday with this page which pulls together they year’s best Vines. Is your favourite here?