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

IRELAND

Minister Eoghan Murphy looking pensive as he launched the DHRE's Cold Weather Strategy today Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• A record number of 184 people are now sleeping rough in Dublin.
• Heavy rain and flooding continued throughout the day as emergency services dealt with several road collisions.
• An inquest into the death of five people at Buncrana pier last year heard that the driver of the car was three times over the drink-drive limit.
• The Eighth Amendment Committee heard about termination in cases of foetal abnormality, and the international legal context. Follow what happened here.
• A HSE staff member was accused of feeding their child bleach solution ‘to cure’ them.
• Families were evacuated in Laois due to flooding.
• A jury heard from the alleged victim in the Tinder sex assault case.
• The government outlawed four popular ‘designer’ drugs.
• A pilot project on the Dart will reduce advance notice for disabled passengers from 24 hours to four hours.
• The Taoiseach said that consultants should ‘clock in’ to ensure they’re at work.
• Three Irish authors were shortlisted for a major UK book award.
• Teenagers addressed a Dáil committee making their case for extra time in the Junior Cert English exam.

INTERNATIONAL

Electronic billboards in Times Square in New York show Impeach Trump advertisements. Richard B Levine SIPA USA / PA Images Richard B Levine SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#THE HAGUE: The “Butcher of Bosnia” Ratko Mladic was imprisoned for life after being found guilty of genocide.

#UNDER FIRE: Dramatic video showed a North Korean soldier being shot as he attempted to escape across the border.

#GET ME OUT OF HERE: Youtuber Jack Maynard was axed from I’m a Celebrity after old tweets resurfaced.

PARTING SHOT

I suspect a great many of you reading this were not even alive when US President John F Kennedy was assassinated on this day 54 years ago.

For those who were around, it is one of those where people can always recall where they were on the day it happened.

After a tweet from American morning programme the Today show asking people that very question of where they were, former US secret service agent Clint Hill shared this story:

In the motorcade. Responsible for the protection of Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy. I heard an explosive noise over my right shoulder, from the rear. Saw JFK’s reaction. Realised it was a gunshot. Jumped and ran as fast as I could.