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

IRELAND

The crowds on Grafton Street on Sunday evening. Donal Norton photography Donal Norton photography

• The High Court heard that continuing the treatment of a clinically dead pregnant woman would be going from the “extraordinary” to “the grotesque”.
• Power sharing looks safe in Northern Ireland after a deal was struck.
• There’s been emotional scenes at airports throughout the country as family members return home for Christmas.
• Property prices in Dublin actually fell last month, but they’re up on a yearly basis.
• Cork City will get a brand new 6,000-seater convention centre.
• A 69-year-old farmer and his dog were killed in a house fire in north Sligo.
• Cannabis valued at €1.7 million was seized at Dublin Port.
• The Governor of Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison believes that conjugal visits for inmates should be considered.
• Sinn Féin and independent TDs have written to President Michael D Higgins asking him not to give the rubberstamp to the Water Services Bill.

INTERNATIONAL

Candle and floral tributes left near the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#U-TURN: Sony Pictures is to release ‘The Interview’ in a limited number of cinemas on Christmas Day, reversing an earlier decision not to show the film.

#GLASGOW: Three of the people killed in yesterday’s horrific bin lorry crash in Glasgow were all members of the same family.

#OKLAHOMA: The botched execution of an Oklahoma murderer has been ruled constitutional by a US court.

#AUSTRALIA: The victims of last week’s last week’s siege in Sydney have been laid to rest.

INNOVATION

• TripAdvisor has been fined €500,000 for failing to warn users that some of the reviews on the website may be fake. 
• Pharrell Williams, The Eagles, John Lennon and other mega music stars are threatening to sue YouTube for $1 billion unless it pulls down 20,000 tracks. 
• Ireland has joined Microsoft’s court case against the US government in a bid to stop the company being forced to hand over confidential data.  

PARTING SHOT

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has recorded the a of him reading The Night Before Christmas in aid of charity. Whatever your thoughts, it’s a really lovely video.

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