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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?

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1. Peter Nyberg has told the Banking Inquiry the report he compiled into the Irish banking crash in 2011 does not imply that ‘we all partied’ during the bubble.

2. The Court of Appeal has ruled that Patrick O’Brien‘s sentence for raping his daughter was too lenient.

3. A 13-year-old boy is due to appear before court in the United Kingdom over stabbing an Irish man to death.

4. A plane made an emergency landing at Belfast International Airport last night after an engine caught fire.

5. Police in New Zealand have issued an “unreserved apology” to the Irish community in the country for saying that a man pulled over on Sunday was Irish.

6. The European Union has taken Hamas off a list of terrorist groups. [BBC News]

Main Pic: Kukena the western lowland gorilla inspects his Christmas stocking as Bristol Zoo’s six gorillas receive their own early Christmas goodies, full of their favourite vegetables, to celebrate the festive season.