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

IRELAND

Pictured at the launch of a collaboration between Lenovo and Sky is Amelia Lily Moran (age 2 weeks ) from Clondalkin in Dublin, with Dublin footballer and Lenovo ambassador, Bernard Brogan, together with Sky GAA stars, Seanan Connell and Rachel Wyse, who is also an ambassador for the Children's Medical & Research Foundation Crumlin. The collaboration sees Lenovo donate ten tablets pre-loaded with Sky Go to the hospital. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Court proceedings in the case of a pregnant woman on life support began
• The country paid back €9 billion to the IMF
• A Donegal man was jailed for two years for a crash that killed eight men [RTÉ]
• A boy brain damaged at birth was awarded €13.5 million by the High Court
• 20,000 fake Frozen Elsa dolls were seized in Dublin
• Enda Kenny said he wants more women. In cabinet
• Post mortems were being carried out on a husband and wife found dead in Clare
• Bewley’s Hotels were sold for €455 million
• Micheal Martin stopped by TheJournal.ie offices
• A naked man was arrested in Blackrock

INTERNATIONAL

Several Santa Clauses descended down the building of the pediatric clinic in Ljubiana, delighttng children in hospital. Ziga Zivulovic jr / Bobo Ziga Zivulovic jr / Bobo / Bobo

#ABUSE PARTY: The Met Police has said they believe a witness who says an MP murdered a boy during an “abuse party” in 1984.

#ISIS: The bodies of more than 200 people killed by the Islamic State were found at a mass grave in Syria.

#SHOTS FIRED: A man was arrested after shots were fired at a school in England.

#NEGATIVE INTEREST: Switzerland introduced a negative interest rate to attract wealthy Russians.

INNOVATION

• Scared in the wake of the Sony hack that your email could go the same way? Here’s how to protect GMail [Gizmodo]
• Remember the European Commission told Microsoft to give you a choice of internet browsers? Those days are over. [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Does it ever feel like there is a new outrage on Twitter every day? As in every. Single. Day? Well, there is. This year, Slate tracked what was outraging the masses on every day.

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