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

IRELAND

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• Austin Stack, a son of murdered prison officer Brian Stack, confronted Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at a party press conference.
• Two people died on our roads – an elderly male pedestrian in Roscommon and a teenage motorcyclist in Dublin.
• A GP on trial, charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter, denied that a suicide note she wrote afterwards was an acknowledgment she caused the girl’s death.
• A taxi driver was convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman as he was bringing her home from a Dublin city centre pub.
• Health Minister Simon Harris said it is unacceptable that cystic fibrosis patients are being used as “pawns” in ongoing negotiations between a pharmaceutical company and the HSE about the cost of the drug Orkambi.
• An amendment in bail legislation will prohibit drink drivers involved in fatal accidents from driving while they await a court date.
• A woman was fined €100 at Limerick Circuit Court after she admitted marrying a man while still married to her first husband.
• A number of people have had Christmas presents stolen after thieves targeted three postal deliveries in west Dublin.
• Dundalk bowed of the Europa League after a narrow defeat in Israel.

WORLD

Stormtrooper helmets at the Art Wars Rogue 1 Exhibition in London Victoria Jones PA Wire / PA Images Victoria Jones PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#US: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped anti-climate change Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

#FRANCE: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed that the children of some immigrants should be refused public school places as part of tough proposals to restrict state services.

#CALIFORNIA: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California.

INNOVATION

• From the All Ireland Final to Chewbacca Mom – here are the most talked about things on Facebook this year.
• Britain is banning junk food ads targeting children on social media.

PARTING SHOT

Today marks the official start of the festive season to some people, with Santa Claus turning up to Temple Street Children’s Hospital to turn on the Christmas lights.

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