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GOOD MORNING. HERE’s everything you need to know at Christmas Eve gets started.
1. Chief Executive of DAA, the operator of Dublin and Cork airports, is to “take some time out of the business”.
It has been reported in the media that DAA was set to formally suspend Jacobs with full pay, pending the outcome of an investigation.
It was further reported in the Business Post this week that Jacobs and his lawyer attended a four-hour board meeting on Monday, during which he is understood to have questioned the legality of his suspension.
2. Two police officers have been killed an overnight explosion in Moscow that occurred when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia’s Investigative Committee said this morning.
“An explosive device was triggered” as the officers approached the suspect who was near their service vehicle, the statement said. The blast occurred close to the site where a Russian general was killed earlier this week.
3. A man in his 20s has died after he was involved in a collision with a lorry in Co Limerick overnight.
The fatal collision happened at around 2am on the N20 road in the Bruree area of Co. Limerick. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
4. The head of Libya’s armed forces and four other high ranking military officials died yesterday when their business jet crashed shortly after taking off from Ankara, officials in Turkey’s capital and Tripoli said.
The wreckage of their Falcon 50 aircraft was located by Turkish security personnel in the Haymana district near Ankara, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
5. Fans who buy tickets under pressure should be allowed to return them for up to 14 days afterwards, Ireland’s consumer watchdog has told the European Commission.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has called on Brussels to legislate for a “right to withdraw” from high demand live events.
6. Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Michéal Martin has said he wants to lead Fianna Fáil into the next election, and has hit out at the “bile” of anonymous online commentary.
Speaking to The Journal in Cork this week, Martin said he has faced down calls for his resignation before.
7. Lawmakers in the Australian state New South Wales have approved sweeping laws cracking down on guns and giving authorities the power to ban protests following this month’s mass shooting on Bondi Beach.
Yesterday, the Upper House in New South Wales, the state where the attack occurred, voted 18 to eight to pass the legislation.
The government of the state recalled its parliament to introduce what it called the “toughest firearm reforms in the country”.
8. Judicial Review proceedings against the MetroLink line for Dublin have been withdrawn, after the Government agreed to purchase a number of houses.
An application for a judicial review of An Coimisiún Pleanála’s decision to grant permission to the project had been lodged by a number of residents of the south Dublin suburbs near where the €9.5bn project will have a terminus at Charlemont.
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) had said it “regrets the inevitable delay that will result”. But Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien confirmed yesterday that the challenge had been dropped.
9. For the day that’s in it, here’s every film showing on RTÉ, TG4 and Virgin Media today, tomorrow and St Stephen’s Day. Happy Christmas!
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