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

IRELAND

Verona Murphy, independent Wexford candidate, is set to get support for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil tomorrow for her Ceann Comhairle bid. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• A man who was arrested in connection with the ongoing Kyran Durnin murder investigation was found dead in Drogheda
• Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties both agreed to back Independent Verona Murphy as Ceann Comhairle tomorrow
• Two men were charged with the murder of Karen Cummings in Co Down
• All ferries between Dublin and Holyhead were cancelled until at least 15 January
• President Higgins rejected the Israeli accusation that Ireland is antisemitic
• RIP.ie confirmed that it plans to introduce a fee for death notices from January
• Enoch Burke’s father was jailed for two months for assaulting garda after refusing suspended sentence
• Kneecap was shortlisted for two Oscars, including Best International Feature Film
• A man was charged over ‘unprovoked’ attack on two off-duty gardaí in Temple Bar
• A tribunal found that the PSNI and Met Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists
• A court heard that a man, who assaulted Roderic O’Gorman during election canvass, ‘made a fool of himself’
• Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta €251m over Facebook data hacks
• Fine Gael was slammed for its slow disciplinary process over councillor’s antisemitic remarks
• Ireland was found to be the most-generous country, globally, after it donated almost €50 million on GoFundMe this year
• Nearly two-fifths of Ireland’s farm holders are over retirement age
• The Blood Transfusion Service called on people to donate over Christmas

INTERNATIONAL

TikTok are under investigation by the EU after the most-recent Romanian Presidential election. where far-right ultranationalist Calin Georgescu (pictured) won, was overturned by a court. Alamy Alamy

#BRUSSELS: EU opened investigation against TikTok over alleged Russian interference in Romanian elections

#RUSSIA: Ukraine claimed responsibility for killing of Russian general with bomb hidden in a scooter

#UNITED STATES: A New York judge rejected Trump’s bid to dismiss Stormy Daniels hush money conviction

#WISCONSIN: Authorities in Madison, Wisconsin named the shooter who killed two people at a US Christian school yesterday

#GREENLAND: Climate activist Paul Watson was released after Japan extradition over anti-whaling acts quashed

PARTING SHOT

Want some sharp sports analysis and up-to-date sports news? Why not have a listen of the most-recent episode of The42FM with Gavin Cooney and Sinéad O’Carroll, who discuss everything from the Sports Person of the Year awards to GAA tax audits.

Sinéad, who was a judge on the awards, discusses the reaction and the post mortem of the results at the weekend while Gavin gives an update on Conor McGregor announced today (he’s boxing a YouTuber).

The pair are later joined by The42′s GAA correspondent Declan Bogue to get into the details of Revenue’s audit of GAA county boards.

Why are Revenue targeting the GAA, and what specifically are they looking at? Is this matter likely to extend to under-the-table payments to managers?

Find out all of that, and more, on the latest episode, out now.