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

IRELAND

Art installation on Dublin's Rosie Hackett Bridge designed to highlight Ireland's abortion debate. MAXWELLS DUBLIN MAXWELLS DUBLIN

• A suspected Kinahan gun man accidentally shot himself in the head on the way to a shooting.
• Outsourced Central Bank staff were found to have been paid over €550 a day.
• A Chinese billionaire paid €3 million to have 76 Irish horses delivered to the Asian country.
• Vulture funds were found to have paid just €8,000 in tax on €10 billion of assets.
• An art installation remembering babies who died in mother and baby homes went on fire.
• A delegation of TDs are travelling to Egypt tomorrow in a bid to have Ibrahim Halawa released.
• The Citizens’ Assembly has been given more time to discuss the divisive abortion issue

WORLD

Israeli police in front of truck that was used in an attack that killed four people. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#ISRAEL Four Israeli soldiers were killed when a truck crashed into them in Jerusalem.

#FLORIDA Airport shooter who killed five people could face the death sentence.

#GOLDEN GLOBES It’s the big night today as many Irish stars are up for the prestigious awards.

#NEW YORK is becoming safer as the number of murders and shootings falls to a 28-year-low.

PARTING SHOT

It’s the anniversary of one of the most iconic moments in Irish television history.

Seven years to this day, a ‘man slipping on ice’ was broadcast to the nation as a warning that it was fierce cold out. The man was perfectly fine, if not a bit sore, after the incident.

If the below video is not working, you can watch it in all its painful glory here.

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