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

IRELAND

Operation Transformation 4K Walk in Marlay Park as part of the national initiative to get as many as possible to participate in healthy activity. Peter Cavanagh Peter Cavanagh

• Two men were injured in a shooing in Sixmilebridge, Clare.
• Gardaí arrested two people who they believe were involved in eight robberies in the space of 24 hours.
• Leo Varadkar said Ireland is a safe country following the murder of a teenager and a number of violent crimes in recent days.
• Met Éireann issued a status yellow warning as freezing temperatures are set to kick in overnight.
• Customers expressed their anger at being left out-of-pocket and without Christmas presents after ordering phones on website Click.ie.
• Regina Doherty claimed that Fine Gael ensured waiting staff were legally entitled to all of their tips. We FactCheck-ed this claim.
• A man was injured after an assault at the Luas stop on the Suir Road in Dublin 8.

WORLD

A migrant girl looks at Mexican National Guardsmen at the border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico. Marco Ugarte Marco Ugarte

#UK: Harry and Meghan will drop their royal titles from their names as they pursue a private life, a statement from the British Royal family has said.

#PANAMA: The nation sent police reinforcements to a remote indigenous village where locals have been left “terrorised” by the alleged religious sacrifice of six children and a pregnant woman.

#FRANCE: French police fired tear gas under a rain of projectiles and arrested several people Saturday as thousands of “yellow vest” anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris.

PARTING SHOT

Last year, Donald Trump officially announced his Space Force at an army base near Washington – a new branch of the US military. 

On the force’s official Twitter page, the official uniform for the military was unveiled – much to the derision of many. 

One person was quick to point out: “Camoflauge….in space?”

Judge for yourself.