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

IRELAND

Two foxhounds and five cocker spaniels have been rescued and are now in the care of the ISPCA, after they were smuggled from Ireland to Wales in the boot of a car. ISPCA ISPCA

• The Taoiseach told the Dáil Garda overtime would be covered
• The country prepared to get a new Tánaiste
• It was revealed that homeless services were nearly full on Monday night
• A man in his 70s was killed as his car collided with an articulated lorry
• The Eighth Amendment Committee will decide on repeal or no repeal by 13 December
• A father who kicked  his teenage daughter avoided jail
• A HIQA report said the HSE is “consistently failing” at Áras Attracta
• Simon Harris  urged a drug company to act in an ethical manner
• The government published a list of things that can be recycled

INTERNATIONAL

A Bosnian man watches the live TV broadcast from the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, in southern Bosnian town of Mostar 140 kms south of Sarajevo. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#POISON: A Bosnian Croat war criminal took his own life today in front of UN war crimes judges, drinking poison just after they upheld his 20-year jail term for atrocities committed during the Balkans conflict.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump faced criticism for retweeting videos from the far-right British party Britain First.

#NUCLEAR REACH: North Korea says it can now hit the entire US with missiles.

PARTING SHOT

While some British people didn’t have a great time drawing the Irish border, we don’t fare much better in drawing theirs. This RTÉ video shows that Irish people had some struggles of their own.

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