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

IRELAND

Lewis O’Reilly (4) from St Josephs Nursery in Dublin 8 sings outside Mansion House this morning. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Three people were injured, including one baby, in a shooting incident in west Dublin.
• The new Luas Cross City caused major disruption in Dublin this morning on the first weekday running of the new service.
• Met Éireann has issued another cold weather warning for across the country, with temperatures set to go as low as -4C overnight.
• A “martial arts expert” who punched his pregnant wife unconscious and fractured her jaw, has been jailed for three years.
• UK Brexit Secretary David Davis has clarified remarks he made about the border Brexit deal.
• PE is set to become a Leaving Cert subject from next year.
• More people have been caught by gardaí in the first 10 days of this year’s Christmas drink-driving campaign than last year.
• The funeral of four members of the same family who died in a car crash in Wexford last week has taken place in New Ross this morning.
• Focus Ireland says it has supported over 14,000 people so far this year who are homeless or at risk of losing their home.
• Over 70% of patients have said they waited more than six hours to be seen by a doctor when they presented to an emergency department.
• Irish Ryanair pilots have have voted in favour of industrial action.
• Actress Saoirse Ronan is among the Irish nominees for the upcoming 75th Golden Globe Awards.
• A woman presented to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin after slicing through her left ring finger while preparing an avocado.

WORLD

Keith Chegwin during filming of It's a Knockout in 1999. Michael Walter / PA Images Michael Walter / PA Images / PA Images

#TERROR: An explosion at the Port Authority bus terminal in New York City has been described as an “attempted terrorist attack” by the city’s mayor.

#UK: A murder investigation has been launched in Greater Manchester after three children died in a suspicious house fire in Walkden.

#RIP: TV personality Keith Chegwin has died aged 60 after a long battle with illness.

PARTING SHOT

This wonderful shot was sent to us by Martin Critchley of Purple Peak Adventures. It shows the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunlewey, Co. Donegal lost beneath the snow-frosted Poisoned Glen. Beautiful.

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