Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Weather warnings, a ministerial denial, and a pregnant woman being punched in the face had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

tully Tully Park, one of three parks planned for a new 3,800 home site at Cherrywood in South Dublin Hines Hines

Three weather warnings were issued here for snow-ice, rain, and wind
Environment minister Alan Kelly denied that he had leaked the results of an internal Labour poll
A developer has put in place plans for the first phase of a 3,800 home development at Cherrywood in south Dublin
Motorists are conning insurance companies, and it’s driving up premiums
A pregnant woman was punched in the face in Cork
Abortion should be made available in cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormality, according to a landmark ruling by the Belfast High Court
A man was jailed for six years for raping his wife
Almost half the country watched the Toy Show last Friday night
Peter McPartlin, boss of Today FM and TXFM, is resigning
A judge has been asked not to jail a Dublin man who had sex with a 15-year-old
A woman in her 70s has died in a house fire in Cavan town

INTERNATIONAL

mh17 The crash site of MH17 Associated Press Associated Press

#NETHERLANDS: A Dutch policeman has been arrested for attempting to sell items from the wreckage of crashed airliner MH17

#CALIFORNIA: A suspected burglar has been killed after a fire was lit in a chimney he was stuck in

#RUSSIA: An army deserter has been apprehended, after spending the last ten years living in hiding in a forest

#PARIS: 150 world leaders have gathered for a heavily-guarded UN summit on climate change in the French capital

INNOVATION

Amazon has given us a clearer look at how its drones are going to work (TheJournal.ie)
Activists in Brazil have been erecting billboards outside people’s homes with their racist tweets emblazoned on them (i100)

PARTING SHOT

Here’s an infographic with a difference. A map of Finland’s bear population constructed entirely out of bears (look closer)

map Annukka Makijarvi Annukka Makijarvi

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