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

IRELAND

Waterford City had a summer feel to it today as boats were bathed in sunshine from a clear blue sky as they berthed on the Suir River. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• East Wall‘s residents’ group blocked Dublin’s Port Tunnel as part of a protest over the housing of asylum seekers at an old ESB building in the area.
• A child received “serious injuries” following an alleged dog attack in Co Wexford.
• A parent whose child was transferred to Sweden due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has called for “stronger” messaging from the HSE around the virus.
• The Data Protection Commission has fined Meta, the company that owns Facebook, €265 million over data regulation breaches.
• A prosecution barrister told the Special Criminal Court that conversations between Regency Hotel murder accused Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch and ex Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall that were captured by a garda bugging device are admissible in evidence.
• RTÉ and the RTÉ Trade Union Group reached agreement on a proposed 6% pay increase over two years.
• A report found that Ireland’s productivity levels have grown to 40% above Northern Ireland’s in the last 20 years.
• An All-Ireland Hurling winners medal from 1948 is among items that were recently stolen during a burglary in Co Wexford.

INTERNATIONAL

Aftermath of a Russian rocket over a gas station in Nikopol city, Zaporizhzhia. Celestino Arce Lavin / PA Celestino Arce Lavin / PA / PA

#UKRAINE The Ukraine military believes Russia is preparing for a fresh wave of missiles attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark.

#ORGANISED CRIME European police forces have worked with Dubai police to arrest dozens of suspects as part of dismantling operation of a European drugs cartel.

#AL-SHABAAB At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu overnight.

#TRAGEDY Italian search teams recovered the bodies of seven people who were buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a city on the resort island of Ischia.

PARTING SHOT

With just 27 days to go until Christmas Day, the festive season officially kicked off today with the return of Christmas FM.

The moment when we switched Christmas on in Ireland for 2022!#christmasfm pic.twitter.com/g6V6KnxXgK

— Christmas FM (@christmasfm) November 28, 2022

The much-loved radio station will play classic Christmas tunes around the clock between now and the big day for a 15th year. 

Christmas FM is fundraising for Barnardos, Barretstown, Make-A-Wish Ireland and The Community Foundation for Ireland ‘The Magic of Christmas’, with the station aiming to raise over €1,000,000 over the next three years to help the charities support vulnerable children. 

It’s available online on its website or mobile apps.

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