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

ICMSA President John Comer visiting the farm of Paudie Ryan in Springfield, Clonlara. Sean Curtin Sean Curtin

IRELAND

• Ministers agreed extra funding for flood relief and another rainfall alert was issued.
• A man was killed in a car crash in Monaghan.
• The family of Molly and Tom Martens said their actions were in self-defence.
• A teacher in Sligo is to be compensated after the principal insulted her gay son.
• Emergency department nurses are going on strike next week.
• Police in Northern Ireland issued a fresh appeal over a murder last year
• Registration for those census jobs closed after just four hours due to demand.
• Irish actor Saoirse Ronan won a prestigious award and was named on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.

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WORLD

#LONDON: Police found three bodies in the search for a former EastEnders actor, her two children and her partner.

#GUN CONTROL: President Obama was in tears as he announced the country’s new plan on gun control.

#AUSTRALIA: A cricketer was fined for asking a reporter on a date live on air.

#GERMANY: There were dozens of sexual assaults in a German city on New Year’s Eve.

#TERRORISM: An Islamic State video suspect is thought to be a British man named Siddhartha Dhar.

#CHINA: A man was arrested after a bus fire that killed 17 people.

INNOVATION

• A 20 year old invented a device to stop teens texting behind the wheel. [Mashable]
• This email tool wants to make your messages sound more confident.
• Twitter may soon ditch its 140 character limit and allow 10,000 character posts. [Business Insider]

PARTING SHOT

The private chef of model Gisele Bundchen and husband American football quarterback Tom Brady gave this detailed insight into their very specific dietary requirements.