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

IRELAND

Staff at the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin sorting through unwanted Christmas gifts. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• 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 

Rescue workers watch volcano Anak Krakatau from Anyer beach in Indonesia. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#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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