How Copenhagen became the coolest week on the fashion calendar
How Copenhagen became the coolest week on the fashion calendar

Oyindamola Animashaun

Page Turners: ‘The Glass House’ author Rachel Donohue
Page Turners: ‘The Glass House’ author Rachel Donohue

Sarah Gill

The best Irish films of all time, according to the IMAGE staffers
The best Irish films of all time, according to the IMAGE staffers

Sarah Gill

A stylist’s guide to mixing vintage and modern fashion finds
A stylist’s guide to mixing vintage and modern fashion finds

Sarah Finnan

WIN a 9ct gold T-Bar pendant necklace from Gear Jewellers worth €250
WIN a 9ct gold T-Bar pendant necklace from Gear Jewellers worth €250

Edaein OConnell

Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway
Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway

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Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway
Join our networking event: ‘Building a Business: The Real-Life Path to Success’ in Galway

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Meet Emily Jean O’Byrne, the Irish designer dressing Ballerina Farm
Meet Emily Jean O’Byrne, the Irish designer dressing Ballerina Farm

Ruth O'Connor

Caolum McCabe: ‘It’s incredibly challenging to resist the pull of relocating to cities such as London’
Caolum McCabe: ‘It’s incredibly challenging to resist the pull of relocating to cities such as...

Sarah Finnan

The best events happening around Ireland this Valentine’s weekend
The best events happening around Ireland this Valentine’s weekend

Sarah Gill

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January 20: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds


By Sarah Gill
20th Jan 2023
January 20: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.

Argos

Argos is set to close all 34 stores and operations in the Republic of Ireland at the end of June this year with the loss of 580 jobs. In a statement, the company said, “Argos concluded the investment required to develop and modernise the Irish part of its business was not viable and that the money would be better invested in other parts of its business.”

RTÉ

Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

Jacinda Ardern — who became New Zealand’s Prime Minister in 2017 — announced her resignation yesterday, with her final day in office being on 7 February. “I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It’s that simple,” she said. “The only interesting angle that you will find, is that after going on for six years of some big challenges, I am human.”

Sky News

Social housing

Civil servants at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) have said that the revised social housing target of 8,000 homes in 2022 will be missed. They now estimate that only 6,500 social homes were completed in 2022, which is 2,500 less than the initial target and 1,500 less than the revised target.

thejournal.ie

Trump sanctioned nearly $1 million

Former President Donald Trump and his attorneys have been sanctioned for nearly $1 million for a lawsuit brought against Hillary Clinton, ex-top Justice Department officials, and several others alleging they conspired against him in the 2016 campaign.

CNN

Free the nipple

The advisory board at Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s parent company — are calling for an overhaul to the company’s rules banning bare-chested images of women, but not men. This follows Facebook’s censorship of two posts from an account run by an American couple who are transgender and non-binary. The posts showed the couple posing topless, but with their nipples covered, with captions describing trans healthcare and raising money for top surgery, and were flagged by users, reviewed and removed by an AI system. The board recommended that Meta “define clear, objective, rights-respecting criteria” when it comes to moderating nudity “so that all people are treated in a manner consistent with international human rights standards”.

The Guardian