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

IRELAND

Commuters shelter from the wind and rain on Ha'Penny today as Storm Darragh descends on the country. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Public transport, including ferries, have been disrupted as Storm Darragh is about to set in across the country.
• Roderic O’Gorman has urged Labour and the Social Democrats to engage in government formation negotiations in order to prevent backsliding on critical green legislation.
• Gardaí are asking the public for any information about the disappearance of Trevor Deely ahead of the 24th anniversary of the day he went missing after a work Christmas party in Dublin.
• A former British soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has pleaded not guilty as he was formally returned for trial after an attempt to get the case thrown out was refused.
• Some asylum seekers living in tented accommodation have been moved indoors temporarily while weather warning are in place. 
• A man who attacked and tried to suffocate his partner’s elderly mother with a pillow in a nursing home while shouting, “Die bitch, die,” has been jailed for three and a half years.

INTERNATIONAL

Journalists watch on their mobile phones a recorded video of Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for presidency who won the first round of presidential elections Alamy Alamy

#SYRIA Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the city of Homs as insurgents enter two nearby towns.

#ROMANIA Romania’s highest court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, which was won by the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu, amid fears of Russian interference in the results.

#SOUTH KOREA The head of South Korea’s ruling party demanded that President Yoon Suk Yeol stand down over his martial law attempt.

#SPACE Nasa announced further delays in its plans to send astronauts back to the moon.

#EU The EU reached a free trade agreement with the Mercosur trading bloc – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

PARTING SHOT

Dr Ai Fukunaga with Fionnula Croke, Director of the Chester Beatty RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

Today, the Chester Beatty unveiled its latest spotlight display, Zodiac Netsuke: Animals of the Japanese Zodiac in Miniature.

It is the first time in over a decade these objects have been on display and the exhibition draws connections between traditional Japanese belief and Irish folklore.

Netsuke are small, intricately carved sculptures originating in 17th- century Japan.

The photo above shows Dr Ai Fukunaga, the exhibition’s curator and Curator of East Asian Collections at the Chester Beatty, with Fionnula Croke, Director of the Chester Beatty.