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

Josh Rock, from Broughshane in Co Antrim, playing in the World Darts Championship in London Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

IRELAND

• More than 100 XL Bully dogs have been euthanised by local authorities in the year since the ban on the breed came into effect.
• Two men who were killed in a house fire in Sligo yesterday were named locally as brothers Pa and Seamus Cuffe.
• The National Archives show Taoiseach Charles Haughey was “very disturbed” after a British marine allegedly put a gun to the neck of a Dubliner while he was sailing on Carlingford Lough in 1991.
• Two highly venomous snakes were found by a landlord after a tenant left them behind.
• The average speed of Dublin Bus at peak times on weekday mornings was just 13.5km/h in October, the company said in a statement today.
• Police confirmed the man found dead in their search for the prime suspect of the Bangor stabbing was the attacker.

INTERNATIONAL

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#RUSSIA: The Kremlin accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack against President Vladimir Putin’s residence, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was a “lie”. 

#SPAIN: Search teams recovered the bodies of two men who went missing after torrential rains caused flooding in southern Spain, bringing the death toll to three.

#NIGERIA: British boxer Anthony Joshua was injured in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two people.  

PARTING SHOT

WE SAY IT every year – there’s a brilliant 12 months ahead for Irish literature. But 2026 truly looks like it’s going to be a standout year.

In an absolutely jammers year for Irish books, here are 16 you should look forward to across fiction, non-fiction and short stories.

Read the full list here.