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

IRELAND

The coffin of Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan is carried to the hearse outside the Church of Saint Ailbe, Ballybricken Co Limerick. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

• Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan was laid to rest today in her native Limerick.
• Former garda commissioner Nóirin O’Sullivan denied drafting a speech for then-Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald at the Disclosures Tribunal.
• An orange alert for wind has been issued for the entire country as Storm Georgina approached.
• Saoirse Ronan was nominated for an Oscar for leading actress for her performance in Lady Bird.
• Dissident republican group Óglaigh na hÉireann called a ceasefire.
• It emerged that a new private homeless family hub will open in the capital next week.
• The re-opening of Stepaside garda station in south Dublin was thrown into doubt.
• It was announced that Martin O’Neill has finally put pen to paper on a new Ireland deal, The42.ie reports.

INTERNATIONAL

Armed police officers stand guard on the roof of a hotel near the congress centre where the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland. Markus Schreiber Markus Schreiber

#DAVOS: The posh ski resort of was snow-bound after the heaviest precipitation in two decades, hampering the arrival of the world’s elite for this week’s World Economic Forum.

#TSUNAMI: A huge earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska sparking tsunami warnings along the Pacific coasts of the US and Canada that were later called off.

#SCHOOL SHOOTING: One person was shot dead and at least seven were injured following a shooting at a High School in Kentucky, USA.

PARTING SHOT

Dolores O’Riordan was laid to rest today. She was 46. A tribute which is being shared across social media is a video of school children from the PS22 Chorus in Graniteville, Staten Island, singing a version of Dreams.

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