NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- More than 400 drivers were caught speeding on Irish roads on St. Stephen’s Day, according to An Garda Síochána.
- Over 3,500 people were refused entry to Ireland at passport control in the last year.
- Forty-seven adults and 58 children have today officially moved to Ireland from Syria.
- Four ‘vulnerable’ cheetah cubs have been born at Fota Wildlife Park in Co. Cork.
- A man in his 80s has died following a fire on Christmas Eve morning that broke out at a hospital on Dublin’s southside.
- More than 50% of people think Ireland should introduce France’s winter eviction ban.
- Tributes have been paid to the Dublin actor Jer O’Leary, following the announcement of his death.
INTERNATIONAL
#ICELAND: Three British tourists have been killed and four seriously injured after an SUV plunged off a high bridge in Iceland.
#SYDNEY: A building in Sydney, Australia has been evacuated for a second time after it moved ‘one to two millimeters’.
#TRUMP: US President Donald Trump has acknowledged he had security concerns about visiting Iraq.
PARTING SHOT
Finally, here’s Colin O’Brady, an American adventurer who has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.
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