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

IRELAND

Gardaí at the scene of a stabbing earlier today in Ballyfermot. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A woman in her 70s was stabbed in Dublin
• Irish people in Istanbul were advised to exercise extreme caution following last night’s terror attack
• A woman died in a crash in Tipperary
• Enda Kenny said he doesn’t regret calling Donald Trump ‘dangerous and racist‘
• Dublin Fire Brigade attended more than 200 ambulance calls overnight
• The first babies of 2017 were born, including one on a kitchen floor
• Several measures from Budget 2017 kicked in
• The State Papers revealed impassioned divorce referendum letters and a potential PR disaster following the Air India bombing
• The Policing Authority assumed responsibility for appointing senior gardaí [RTÉ News]
• It’s going to be cold. Really cold.

INTERNATIONAL

A swimmer takes part in the Loony Dook New Year's Day dip in the Firth of Forth at South Queensferry, Scotland. Andrew Milligan / PA Wire Andrew Milligan / PA Wire / PA Wire

#TURKEY: The search continued for the gunman responsible for last night’s attack at a nightclub in Istanbul that left 39 people dead.

#INDONESIA: 23 people were killed in a fire on a ferry. [BBC News]

#UNITED KINGDOM: Three bodies were found near the Cliffs of Dover.

#ROYAL FAMILY: Queen Elizabeth missed another church service due to a ‘heavy cold’.

#NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-Un announced plans to test a long-rong missle this year.

#UNITED STATES: Trump said he wasn’t too keen on computers.

#HOLLYWHAT: A prankster made some slight changes to the Hollywood sign overnight.

PARTING SHOT

If you’ve ever passed through security at a US airport, you’ll know it can be a bit of a pain. Here’s some of the more unusual items they confiscated in 2016. [Quartz]