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

IRISH

Fiona Orr and her mother Diane Orr at Bord Na Mona's winter swim Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

• 10,000 Irish Water customers have been put on boil water notice in Cork due to the bad weather. 
• The Defence Forces have been deployed around the country to help tackle flooding. 
• A teenager last night had a lucky escape after being pulled from the River Shannon. 
• More people visited the Guinness Storehouse in 2015 than ever before. 
• An emergency meeting has been held between Enda Kenny and his cabinet to work on a solution for the flood damage that has been affecting the country. 
• The father of a sick child has spoken about having to travel to Northern Ireland on Christmas Day for medical supplies he was unable to access. 
• Road deaths in Ireland last year were at their second lowest since records began. 
• A man has suffered severe injuries after falling off of a bridge in Dublin. 

INTERNATIONAL

Fireworks in London to ring in the New Year PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#FRANCE: A man has been shot after attempting to ram a soldier guarding a mosque. 

#RIP: Natalie Cole – daughter of Nat ‘King’ – has sadly died at the age of 65. 

#AFGHANISTAN: A taliban suicide car bomber has hit an Afghan restaurant popular with foreigners.

#ISRAEL: Two people have been killed and a number of others injured after a gunman opened fire in Israel. 

INNOVATION

• Microsoft has said that it will begin to inform victims of ‘state sponsored’ hacking. [The Guardian]
• Ever wonder what life would be like without email? These two clothing entrepreneurs did just that. 

PARTING SHOT

How was your New Year’s Eve? Eventful? Well one picture of revellers in the UK falling over is being compared to renaissance art. [Buzzfeed]

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