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

IRELAND

The big wheel pictured at sunset with St Fin Barre's Cathedral in the distance. Cork is glowing for Glow, A Cork Christmas Celebration, which runs until December 21 on Grand Parade.

• Further allegations were made about staff at the Áras Attracta care home.
• A man was charged with the sexual assault of a woman in her 70s
• Beaumont Hospital limited emergency department admissions again
• A file of 700 complaints against nursing and care home staff was passed to gardaí
• Businesses in Dublin objected to a homeless hostel being placed nearby
• A man was in hospital having been stabbed in Skibbereen
• An Air France flight made an emergency landing in Shannon
• Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice called for a new political party
• Limerick boxer Andy Lee became the first Irishman to win a world title in the US in 80 years

INTERNATIONAL

Three new photos of little Prince George were released by Clarence House, causing squeeing. Clarence House Clarence House

#TORTURE REPORT: The former US Vice-President Dick Cheney says that the CIA agents responsible for torturing detainees should be praised.

#CLIMATE: The UN agreed new pledges on climate change. The news divided opinion here.

#LANDSLIDE: The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has risen to at least 20.

INNOVATION

• The internet is a weird place. Here’s the week’s weirdest happenings. [TheJournal.ie]
• A leafblower can be turned into a hoverboard. Marty McFly rejoices. [Gizmodo]

PARTING SHOT

Ever wonder what would happen if everyone had a car? Someone did and mapped out how Manhattan would look. It would require a lot of bridges.