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

IRELAND

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• A man was charged with IRA membership. 
• Two men were arrested after gardaí found signal devices (see above).
• James Reilly said he favoured an early abortion referendum in the new Dáil term. 
• Thieves stole an elderly woman’s medication in a 2am home raid. 
• John Hume’s wife Pat gave a heartbreaking interview about his dementia.
• The Irish woman who survived the Bataclan attack spoke about her ordeal. 
• Mary Lou McDonald mounted a spirited - if strangely worded - defence of Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.
• And the country braced itself for sub-zero temperatures.

WORLD

People take part in the Style Mile Christmas Carnival in St Enoch Square, Glasgow to mark the launch of the festive shopping season. PA WIRE PA WIRE

#BELGIUM: Prime Minister Charles Michel confirmed the terror alert for the Brussels area would remain at the highest possible level tomorrow.

#PARIS: French police issued a new photo in an attempt to identify the third Stade de France attacker.

#BRITAIN: And a pre-Christmas ad featuring the Our Father has been banned from Britain’s biggest cinema chains for fear of causing offence, to the bewilderment of the Church of England.

INNOVATION

• The Samsung S6 Edge won plaudits, but does a bigger version bring anything new?
• And in San Francisco, the self-proclaimed ”godmother of marijuana dispensaries” has said she’s thrilled tech is helping bring cannabis into the mainstream. [CNET]

PARTING SHOT

The far-right British National Party fell hook, line and sinker for a spoof news article which claimed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was bringing in a ‘hug a jihadi‘ policy for Labour members. [Huffington Post UK]

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