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

IRELAND

Siona Cahil from Union Students of Ireland at the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin to protest Donald Trump's inauguration Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Nearly €40 million worth of cannabis was seized in Dublin
• A star of RTÉ’s First Dates was up in court charged with harassing celebrity chef Dylan McGrath 
• Institutional abuse at children’s homes in Northern Ireland was described as “unspeakably cruel” in a report today
  
• Over 4,500 people complained to Irish Water over their service in just three months
• Ray D’Arcy got into a heated discussion with a health professional who said Operation Transformation was “worse than useless”
• Irish landlords were admonished by a competition watchdog after they threatened to hit tenants with new fees in the wake of rent controls
• A man in his 30s was arrested by gardaí investigating the cold case murder of Irene White
• Irish banks froze €1 million of assets belonging to terror group Al-Qaeda 

INTERNATIONAL

Trump and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump’s inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington J. Scott Applewhite J. Scott Applewhite

#USA After months of waiting for the day, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.

#ITALY: New hope in Italy as rescuers believe they can save more people who were trapped in a hotel following an avalanche.

#QATAR A British man has died while working on the construction of a stadium for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

#GERMANY A German firm has been ordered to pay €60 million to 20,000 women who received defective breast implants 

PARTING SHOT

Want to remember a time when the world seemed a lot more predictable? Here’s a video of then businessman and not Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump in Co Clare prior to his world domination.