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

IRELAND

Last night some people reported Santa had been spotted checking out a house in Galtymore Road in Drimnagh in Dublin. Others said some people were confused by the magical lights on some of the houses in the area. But one photographer is insisting he photographed the real Santa. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• TDs told us whether they want to see a poll on a United Ireland
• Dublin Fire Brigade saved a man who fell into water
• The occupiers of Apollo House said they were heartened by public support
• Hackers tried to steal €4 million from Meath County Council
• Farmers were warned that bird flu had appeared in England
• Met Éireann forecast some snow for Christmas week
• A man in his 70s died in a house fire in Cork

INTERNATIONAL

A female Asian elephant calf, as yet unnamed, which was born at Chester Zoo last night. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#ALEPPO: Desperate civilians awaited the beginning of an evacuation from Aleppo.

#NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand was put on tsunami alert as a major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump continued on his collision course with China, accusing them of ripping a US drone out of international waters.

PARTING SHOT

Would you attempt to eat a chicken wing made with the hottest pepper on earth? These people did. It went about as well as you would expect.

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