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

IRELAND

A rhino iguana, a species which was allegedly stolen from a Lucan library last year. Shutterstock / Phongsakorn Supaphan Shutterstock / Phongsakorn Supaphan / Phongsakorn Supaphan

• Enda Kenny held a 10-minute conversation with US President Elect Donald Trump last night.
• A former lay worker with the Church of Ireland has been jailed for 13 years for the rape and molestation of 14 young boys over the course of 40 years.
• The Court of Appeal says that Alan Shatter has won his appeal over a failed challenge to the Guerin report.
• A couple have been live tweeting their trip to the UK for an abortion due to a fatal foetal abnormality.
• The union Siptu is threatening to ballot all 60,000 of its members unless the Government sits down with it for pay talks.
• Bail has been refused for former Sinn Féin councillor Jonathan Dowdall, who is charged along with his father with falsely imprisoning, assaulting, and threatening to kill a man.
• A 17-year-old has been charged with stealing an iguana, a tarantula and a scorpion which were on display at a library in Dublin.

WORLD

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#ELECTION HANGOVER: Protesters lit fires in the streets and blocked traffic in response to the shock election, while Donald Trump and Barack Obama discussed the transition of power at the White House.

#LINCOLNSHIRE: Two teenagers have been handed 20-year sentences for committing the “cold, ruthless, and chilling” murders in 2015.

#ENGLAND: A gas leak at a Carlsberg brewery has left one man dead and 22 people requiring hospital treatment, according to police and the Danish company.

INNOVATION

• Regular flights ahead? Good news, as Aer Lingus will be introducing high-speed internet on 39 Aer Lingus aircraft for short flights in early 2017.

PARTING SHOT

Retailer John Lewis’ Christmas adverts always seem to hit that perfect balance of mass emotional appeal without the clichés – and their latest advertisement released today is no different. Meet Buster the Boxer.

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