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

IRELAND

A Christmas stall in Dublin city Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• A man was shot dead in the Lucan area of west Dublin.
• The trial of a woman charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter was told that her care of the child was “nothing short of superb“.
• Taoiseach Enda Kenny denied being snubbed by US President-elect Donald Trump while in the US this week.
• Anton Savage announced he was leaving Today FM after disagreements with management.
• An elderly woman spent 15 hours on a trolley at Midland Regional Hospital in Tullamore due to a lack of beds.
• An international Olympic umbrella organisation committed to lending money to former OCI president Pat Hickey, paving the way for his return to Ireland from Brazil.
• Workers at a children’s clothing store are staging a sit-in in Blanchardstown Centre after being told their jobs are gone with immediate effect.
• Landlords hit out at aspects of the Residential Tenancies Bill, which they described as “grossly unfair and possibly unconstitutional”.
• Gardaí in Cork asked for the public’s help in finding a 33-year-old man who has been missing for a week.
• There was confusion in the Circuit Civil Court as to whether or not Twink’s debt-ridden home had been publicly advertised for sale.

WORLD

A fundraiser zip wires across the Thames to launch a period of Christmas fundraising in aid of the Evelina London Children's Hospital. Kirsty O'Connor PA Wire / PA Images Kirsty O'Connor PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#UK: A man who imprisoned and tortured to death a vulnerable man over nine days was sentenced to life in prison.

#EUROPE: The so-called Islamic State group is likely to carry out new attacks in the European Union in the near future, according to EU police agency Europol.

#BOLIVIA: Authorities shut down a charter airline whose plane ran out of fuel and crashed in the Colombian mountains earlier this week, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian football team.

INNOVATION

• Researchers from UCC have developed technology that will identify child sexual abuse images online through artificial intelligence. 
• Apple is said to be using drones in bid to improve its map data and challenge Google (Bloomberg.com).

PARTING SHOT

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