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

IRELAND

Hill walkers out at red rocks in Howth. Leon Farrell Leon Farrell

• Previously confidential documents revealed that former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said that he would have been unable to alert authorities about IRA plans to bomb Canary Wharf in 1996 “because of his republicanism”.
• A young man appeared in court in Cork charged in connection with a serious assault which left a man in his late 20s in a critical condition in hospital.
• Met Éireann said that 2022 was provisionally Ireland’s hottest year on record.
• Irish church leaders voiced their “great concern for the state of our fragile peace” on the island.
• The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said 2022 has been the “worst year for hospital overcrowding on record”.
• The relatives of an Irishman who died in England last month have been tracked down following a ‘last opportunity’ appeal for information on his next of kin.
• 173 people were arrested for driving under the influence over the last week.
• A High Court judge refused to order a woman to return her young daughter to the UK due to the “grave risk” that the child could be exposed to physical and psychological harm by her father.

INTERNATIONAL

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Vladyslava Chernyh Aida during a funeral ceremony in Kharkiv. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#ORGANISED CRIME A Romanian court ordered the 30-day detention of former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate following his arrest for alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group.

#CHINA Britain has joined France and a number of other European countries in requiring that travellers arriving from China show a negative Covid-19 test.

#UKRAINE Ukraine said it repelled a night-time drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations.

#MYANMAR Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended today, with the Nobel laureate now facing more than three decades behind bars.

#TRUMP Democrats in Congress released six years’ worth of former president Donald Trump’s tax returns, the culmination of a long effort to learn about the finances of a one-time business mogul who refused to voluntarily release the information as he sought the White House.

PARTING SHOT

As the festive season comes to an end and we approach the new year, you’re probably sick of watching Christmas films by now.

Fear not, as with a new year comes new movies, and with Hollywood’s awards season just around the corner, now is the perfect time to get excited about the films set to be released in 2023.

We have a rundown of the films to watch out for next year, and there’s something for everyone: from a Super Mario feature film to Christopher Nolan’s 

It’s a bit of a mixed bag, with everything from a Super Mario feature film to the highly anticipated Christopher Nolan drama on J Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb. 

You can see the list and watch the trailers of the upcoming releases here.

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