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

IRELAND

Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe arriving at the public hearing at the Disclosures Tribunal in Dublin Castle. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Micheál Martin said he supported repeal of the Eighth Amendment
• A number of cars crashed on the M7
• A man was jailed for sexually attacking a woman he tracked off a bus
• The Disclosures Tribunal  heard of the “enormous stress” on gardaí
• A report found Roma  children are living in overcrowded, dirty conditions
• A drunk driver  who killed a man avoided jail
• Evelyn Cusack  hit back at Channel 4 over the naming of a storm
• Shane Ross accidentally voted against his own bill
• Paschal Donohoe spoke about Apple’s relationship with Ireland

INTERNATIONAL

People walk around the frozen five meter high Kirjufell waterfall on the west coast of Iceland. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#WARMING: 2017 was either the second or third hottest year ever, depending on who was doing the counting.

#WALL: Donald Trump has said his plans for a Mexican border wall never changed.

#WOLF:  A school in the UK had to be locked down after a wolf escaped from a nearby sanctuary.

PARTING SHOT

You may know the name, but who was Chester Beatty? Let this video show you.

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