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

People Before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett (R) with actor Liam Cunningham wearing a kneecap baseball hat with protesters taking part in the National March for Palestine.in Dublin. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• The Minister for Justice has been called upon to explain why he and his Department “kept secret a sweetheart rental agreement” for former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris.
• A motion to rename Dublin’s Herzog Park because it is named after an Irish-born, former president of Israel has been slammed by Israeli president Isaac Herzog, the son of Chaim Herzog, who the park was named after.
• A Midlands man accused of producing child abuse material and online sexual exploitation after he blackmailed and “controlled” a 12-year-old girl in Poland has been refused bail.
• Two people died after a coach and a car were involved in a serious road traffic collision in Co Fermanagh yesterday.
• A holistic therapist in Dublin has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a massage appointment as she was “pinned to the table”.
• Influencer Niamh Cullen said her husband Jamie Gill was the “light of my life”, as she announced his death on social media.

INTERNATIONAL

Municipal workers remove the debris at a housing estate damaged by a Russian missile and drone attack in Sofiivska Borshchahivka village, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Volodymyr Tarasov / Ukrinform Volodymyr Tarasov / Ukrinform / Ukrinform

#UK: Oscar-winning playwright Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88.

#GAZA: Family members said two Palestinian boys were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza today, with Israel’s military saying it had identified two suspects “posing an immediate threat”.

#UKRAINE: Ukraine’s capital faced a barrage of attacks overnight, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator following a raid on Andriy Yermak’s house as part of a sweeping corruption probe.

PARTING SHOT

Ireland celebrate Abbie Larkin's opener. Josele Lanza / INPHO Josele Lanza / INPHO / INPHO

FEW SAW IT, but Ireland rounded out 2025 with a win over Hungary in Marbella this afternoon.

Abbie Larkin starred in the behind-closed-doors international friendly, bagging a goal and an assist, with Kyra Carusa and Denise O’Sullivan also on target.

3-2 v Hungary. Sound familiar?

You can read the full match report by The 42′s Emma Duffy here.