LAST UPDATE | 4 Dec 2024

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

IRELAND

Mary Blanchfield, Interim CEO of Design and Crafts and Council Ireland looking at a Trojan Bronze Horse by painter and sculptor, Marina Hamilton from Donegal at the opening of Gifted at the RDS. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A man appeared in court charged with murdering his daughter, Malika Noor Al Katib.
• Micheál Martin said Fianna Fáil’s seat majority “has to be reflected” in the next government.
• Eight independent TDs registered as a technical group in Leinster House.
• Meanwhile, Mary Lou McDonald said she intends to lead Sinn Féin for the entirety of the next Dáil term and into the next general election.
• A woman who was assaulted in Cork city at the weekend died this afternoon.
• Former Ireland hockey international Catríona Carey is to stand trial on money laundering charges for possessing crime proceeds following a fraud investigation.
• A court heard a film student duped a young girl into sharing intimate pictures and then tried to “blackmail” her for sex, or he would send the images to her social media followers.
• The defibrillator at the summit of Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo is out of service after it was vandalised in recent days. 
• Republican Marian Price is taking legal action against Disney+ for defamation after its show Say Nothing depicted her killing Jean McConville.
• Gardaí renewed an appeal for information about the disappearance of Sandra Collins, who was last seen in Killala, Co Mayo on this day 24 years ago.

INTERNATIONAL

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier during the debate prior to the no-confidence votes on Prime Minister Barnier's administration at the National Assembly in Paris. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#NO CONFIDENCE: French lawmakers voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office in a move which deepens a political crisis in the country.

#MURDER: The chief executive of one of the United States’ biggest health insurance companies was shot dead in an apparent targeted hit in New York.

#SEOUL: Parliamentarians in South Korea pushed to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of declaring martial law to stop criminal investigations into himself and his family.

#OUTBREAK: Irish aid workers are monitoring a mystery illness that may have killed more than 140 people in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

PARTING SHOT

Paul Mescal, who recently appeared in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel, will swap action for comedy this weekend as he prepares to host the iconic US comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live.

In a preview of the episode, the Irish actor channels his inner gladiator and appears to go a bit method during a table read.

Have a look.

Paul Mescal hosts SNL for glory and for truth pic.twitter.com/F1BGSdekwi

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) December 4, 2024