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

IRELAND

Good news for Fine Gael this evening - the party is at its highest level of support in a SPB/Red C poll since 2012. Brian Lawless (file) Brian Lawless (file)

• The Banking Inquiry met for crisis talks.
• Ireland offered its support as the UN approved measures to tackle IS. 
• Three men were arrested at the scene of a burglary in Cavan. 
• Xtra-vision said it would be closing 28 outlets. 
• There was some good news for Fine Gael in a new opinion poll. 
• Figures showed there are over 10,000 people on waiting lists at Beaumont. 
• Willie O’Dea told us how he likes to relax. 
• Tayto chocolate chip cookies had people talking. 
• And it was cold. So, so cold. 

WORLD

Icicles at Killhope mine in Co Durham in England after overnight snow. PA WIRE PA WIRE

#BELGIUM: Armed police and soldiers were patrolling key junctions in Brussels as the government warned of a threat of Paris-style attacks.

#NEW ZEALAND: Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a glacier.

#US: And in the battle for the White House, Donald Trump has been coming in for criticism from his own party for comments proposing a registry of Muslims.

INNOVATION

• SpaceX, the aerospace firm founded by Elon Musk, will become one of the first private companies to ferry US astronauts into space. [Buzzfeed Tech]
• The folks at Silicon Republic have put together this handy guide to Black Friday deals available to Irish shoppers. [Silicon Republic]

PARTING SHOT

Ellen DeGeneres quite enjoys scaring the bejesus out of her guests…

The Ellen Show The Ellen Show

[Click here for a full montage of Ellen's scares]

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