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

IRELAND

Inside a dormitory in Apollo House Paul Hosford Paul Hosford

• We visited Apollo House and saw how the people living there are getting on
• There are fresh concerns over new drug trends in Dublin
• A driver was caught while three times over the alcohol limit from drinking the night before
• A teenager was stabbed and family members were assaulted during a Christmas night out
• Renua’s new leader is feeling optimistic about 2017
• A man was found with serious head injuries on a Dublin road in Skerries
• Almost 6,000 people in Ireland died from the effects of smoking in 2016
• The oldest person in Ireland, Sarah Clancy, died aged 108
• Someone in Cavan won the €4.5m Lotto on Christmas Eve

INTERNATIONAL

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#RIP Actress Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60 this morning.

#RUSSIA A black box from the Christmas Day plane crash in the Black Sea was found.

#ISRAEL Trump blasted the United Nations as “sad” over a vote demanding Israel cease all settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.

#USA There was chaos in the US as shops opened for the post-Christmas sales.

#BERLIN The Polish truck driver was ‘shot hours before’ the Berlin market attack.

PARTING SHOT

Carrie Fisher died today, aged 60. Everyone’s been remembering her great comic wit and timing, so here’s a great clip of her at work. (Can’t see the video? Click here)

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