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

IRELAND

Amelia Lilly Fullham (4) and Janden Fox (3) (centre) sing at the 21st annual IFA Live Animal Crib opening at the Mansion House in Dublin. They're from St Joseph's Nursery, Maryland, Dublin 8. Photocall Ireland Photocall Ireland

• “It sickened me”: Politicians gave their reactions to last night’s explosive RTÉ documentary. 
• A man in his 20s was killed after his motorcycle was involved in a crash with a van. 
• Further weather alerts were issued (as were fresh flood warnings).
• A man died after his car became stuck in flood waters. 
• Public Order Unit gardaí were called to a protest at Bank of Ireland, College Green in Dublin. 
• That was immediately followed by rolling protests at shops on Grafton Street – including Brown Thomas.
• It was confirmed these takeaways were shut down by food safety inspectors. 
• It emerged police in Armagh seized four owls.
• The Archbishop of Dublin said that to baptise a child so they could attend a school was an abuse of the sacrament.

WORLD

People gather to watch images projected on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican today. The Vatican is lending itself to environmentalism with a special public art installation timed to coincide with the final stretch of climate negotiations in Paris. Associated Press Associated Press

#TRUMP: There’s been widespread condemnation today of comments by Donald Trump on Muslims. Trump yesterday called for a “total and complete” ban on Muslims entering the United States.

#PARIS: Eagles of Death Metal joined U2 on stage in Paris last night. “They were robbed of their stage three weeks ago and we would like to offer them ours,” Bono said.

#UK: A BBC News Channel host called boxing champion Tyson Fury a dickhead while discussing the Sports Personality of the Year awards.

INNOVATION 

• Snapchat was hit by outages today – with users unable to send pictures or log in. 
• And there’s speculation Apple will hold an event in March to unveil new products – including a new iPhone and second generation Apple Watch. [Tech Insider]

PARTING SHOT

The people at Dit Is Normaal in the Netherlands disguised a Bible as a Quran and read verses from the Christian holy book to gauge reactions (“you will have to cut off her hand” and that sort of thing). The results are well worth a look…

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