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news wrap

Today's top stories in 6 seconds

Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know

WHAT’S THE STORY?

1. A 24-year-old Irish man has died after being found unconscious in a Mumbai hotel room.

2. New legislation will tackle a loophole that would allow as many as 200,000 penalty points to be quashed.

3. An EPA report found 38 sewage treatment sites are below EU standards and they’re putting your health at risk.

4. Two HIQA inspections found cleanliness issues in the neonatal units of two Dublin maternity hospitals, RTÉ reports.

5. There’s a snow-ice warning in place for today and tomorrow.

6. Irish people spend longer watching porn than almost anyone else in Europe.

Main pic: Natalia Straczynska welcomes home boyfriend, Paul Hodkinson, home for Christmas at the Royal Navy dock yard in Portsmouth. Taken by Christopher Ison/PA.