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IRELAND

Volunteers from Home Sweet Home group organising donated clothing in Apollo House. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Activists from Apollo House marched to the Department of Finance in a protest against homelessness.
• Last year was the biggest year for new car sales since the recession.
• More than 120 people have already applied for the first-time home buyer scheme which kicked in today.
• Hospitals across Ireland have reported a significant increase in the number of cases of flu, respiratory illness and the winter vomiting bug.
• Sinn Féin has warned that power sharing in the North is at “unprecedented tipping point” as the standoff with the DUP continues.
• New figures show Waterford city saw the biggest jump in house prices last year.
• Kildare was named as Ireland’s cleanest town.
• Today FM announced it will replace Anton Savage with in-house presenters Dermot and Dave.

WORLD

Relatives of prisoners outside the Brazilian prison where 56 people died in a riot. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#HUDDERSFIELD: A man in the UK was shot dead by police on a motorway.

#GENERAL MOTORS: Ford has backtracked on plans to build a new factory in Mexico after criticism tweeted by President-elect Donald Trump.

#BANGALORE: An Indian minister is facing a backlash after blaming a wave of sexual assaults on women ‘dressing like westerners’.

PARTING SHOT

Hollywood has a long history of movies shaped by the image and tone of the presidencies during which they’re made. So what of Trump cinema? Well it appears it may already exist.