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

Sgt Ian Heneghan kisses his girlfriend Tatana Miscovscala as he arrives in Dublin Airport from deployment in Lebanon. Rollingnews Rollingnews

IRELAND

• A woman was taken to hospital with serious burns after she was set on fire in an assault at a house in Clondalkin, Co Dublin. 
• A legal challenge was lodged against MetroLink by south Dublin residents.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s absence from the Dáil chamber today was criticised by opposition parties. 
• The body of a man in his 50s was recovered from Leixlip Reservoir yesterday morning, shortly after a woman was found seriously injured at a nearby home in Co Kildare.
• The RDS will be renamed the Laya Arena when the stadium’s redevelopment is completed next year.
• Labour TD Ged Nash welcomed plans for a scoping exercise to examine how best to deal with the issues raised by victims of child sex abuser Michael Shine. 
• A bill to rename Dublin Airport the “Seán Lemass Dublin International Airport” moved to the second stage after it was introduced in the Dáil today by a Fianna Fáil TD.
• A man in his 60s died following an incident at the Tayto factory in Ashbourne, Co Meath this morning.

INTERNATIONAL

US President Donald Trump pardons a turkey for Thanksgiving. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#RUSSIA: US President Donald Trump said a Ukraine-Russia peace deal was “very close” but European leaders still had their doubts. 

PARTING SHOT

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IRISH SOLDIERS RETURNED home today from their deployment with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 

They were met by family and friends holding handmade welcome signs at Dublin Airport. 

The soldiers’ loved ones expressed relief that they were home and safe after a tumultuous time on the border with Israel.