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

IRELAND

A man wearing a face mask in Dublin city centre today Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Dr Tony Holohan said we must not “drop our guard” as seven deaths and 482 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed.
• Micheál Martin has said the government’s advice on travelling home from abroad for Christmas will be given at the end of November.
• The Taoiseach also said today that a Covid-19 vaccine should be available to the Irish public by mid-2021.
• Martin said the DUP was “wrong” to use a cross-community veto on public health measures.
• There was no consensus among party leaders after a meeting on the Seamus Woulfe controversy.
• A shopping centre in Cork re-opened its doors today for the first time since a major blaze last year.
• Pete Taylor has sought an injunction to stop a council evicting a boxing club from the premises. 
• The Minister for Justice and the Irish Prison Service appealed a data watchdog finding about officers’ thumbprints.
• Halfway through Level 5, what does this week’s Covid-19 data tell us?

INTERNATIONAL

People take part in an 'All Hands On Deck: Action for Climate Justice' protest alongside the River Clyde in Glasgow. Jane Barlow / PA Images Jane Barlow / PA Images / PA Images

#ENGLAND: Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe died today aged 74.

#OUT THE DOOR: Dominic Cummings has left Downing Street for good. Here’s why.

#CUOMO: New York restaurants and bars are to close at 10pm to ease pressure on hospitals.

PARTING SHOT

It’s an annual staple before Christmas, and not even a global pandemic will be putting a stop to this year’s Late Late Toy Show.

Here’s the trailer which was released today, ahead of the Toy Show on 27 November.

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