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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Pat Hickey’s lawyer, Trump’s controversial team and freezing your body after death.

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

IRELAND

All Blacks UNICEF skills session Seapoint RC Dublin-23 New Zealand All Black Aaron Smit trains with young players at Seapoint Rugby Club in Dublin. Naoise Culhane Photography Naoise Culhane Photography

WORLD

Germany Daily Life Commuters in the city of Frankfurt on from the headquarters of the European Central Bank. AP Photo / Michael Probst AP Photo / Michael Probst / Michael Probst

#TRUMP’S TEAM: Donald Trump has announced two more members of his administration, Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn. Both men have faced allegations of racism in the past.

#LANDMARK RULING: A British girl who died after a terminal cancer battle won the right to have her body cryogenically frozen.

#GIVEN THE BOOT: Volkswagen is cutting 30,000 jobs worldwide.

#GOOD SAMARITANS: Dozens of people in India have been calling a hospital to donate kidneys to the country’s foreign minister.

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This imposing photo of Dublin’s Custom House has won the top Irish prize in the world’s biggest photography competition.

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