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

IRELAND

JJ Doyle (5) & Christian Doyle (4) at Winter Lights Dublin City. Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• Over 40 GPs have walked out of an EGM of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) in Malahide this afternoon over the issue of conscientious objection to abortion services. 
• Workers at two Tesco stores have voted to strike across three dates in the run-up to Christmas.
• Over 60% of people want College Green in Dublin city centre to be pedestrianised and turned into a public plaza, according to a recent poll. 
• Ireland has drawn to face Switzerland and Denmark in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. 
• Gardaí in Dublin have arrested three men after seizing drugs worth up to €90,000 and a sum of cash from a property in north Dublin.
• Christmas FM has said that it will not play the song ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ after a decision was taken last year to remove the Christmas classic from its playlist. 
• A Dublin woman who is facing eviction from her rented apartment weeks before Christmas says she will become homeless because she can’t find anywhere else to live.
• Food delivery service Deliveroo has warned restaurants that it will increase their commission rates unless they stop using newly-launched rival Uber Eats.

INTERNATIONAL 

A man rides his bicycle past graffiti in Paris. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron held a crisis meeting today after anti-government protests left 133 people injured and a trail of destruction in Paris yesterday.

#NETANYAHU: Israeli police have recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara for bribery and other offences.

#CLIMATE ACTION: Two weeks of crucial talks on curbing climate change kicked-off today in Poland. 

PARTING SHOT

US President Donald Trump has left his Argentinian counterpart – President Mauricio Macri - awkwardly standing on stage alone at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. The President was supposed to pose with fellow-world leaders for a “family photo” – via BBC News. 

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