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

IRELAND

People gather for a protest in support of victims of sexual violence on O'Connell Street, Dublin. Niall Carson / PA Images Niall Carson / PA Images / PA Images

• Thongs were hung up at the Spire in Dublin to protest use of clothing as rape trial evidence.
• A former rugby coach at Terenure College will stand trial over accusations he indecently assaulted nine students at the school.
• Health Minister Simon Harris hailed a ‘significant step’ as a contract was agreed with doctors for the provision of abortion services.
• Nearly half of all those watching TV last night watched the Maurice McCabe documentary.
• Peter Casey’s former PR firm said it had nothing to do with a Traveller video he tweeted.
• 333 extra beds are to be made available as Dublin Region Homeless Executive launches winter strategy.
• Commissioner Drew Harris penned an open letter to frontline gardaí.
• Plans were rolled out for continuous bus lanes in Dublin – but property owners are to lose parts of gardens to make way.
• Police released CCTV images in connection with the murder of an Irish aid worker.
• A man in his 80s was killed in a road crash in Cork.

INTERNATIONAL

The long wait outside Downing Street earlier this evening. Victoria Jones / PA Images Victoria Jones / PA Images / PA Images

#DEAL IN SIGHT: UK Prime Minister Theresa May got the backing of her Cabinet to the Brexit deal agreed with the EU that will ensure no hard border in Northern Ireland. 

#BROTHERS IN ARMS: Fox News backed CNN’s legal action against the White House over the banning of journalist Jim Acosta. 

#AUSTRALIA: Three men were found guilty of plotting Christmas terror attacks in Melbourne. 

PARTING SHOT

The Maurice McCabe documentary was watched by a lot of people, with many expressing support for the whistleblower on social media.

Here was the cartoon  in the Times of Ireland this morning, along that vein.