Updated at 10.29pm

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

Dave Patterson, Shop Steward for the TEEU, speaks to the media on behalf of Lufthansa Technik Airmotive staff [Photocall Ireland]

IRELAND

• Lufthansa Technik announced it was closing its Rathcoole plant, with the loss of 400 jobs
• Marie Fleming, who took a right-to-die case against the State, passed away
• Professor John Crown once again made claims against St Vincent’s in the Seanad
• A man was charged over last Sunday’s fatal shooting in Finglas
• Eight fire units tackled a major blaze in Santry, north Dublin
• There were debit card problems at AIB — later resolved
• The BAI upheld a complaint against RTÉ’s Morning Edition
• A man was charged over a €200,000 fraud at Anglo
• The Government confirmed when the new abortion legislation would come into effect
• NAMA bosses appeared before an Oireachtas committee
• Three men were arrested over dissident activity in Dundalk

WORLD

[Lefteris Pitarakis/AP/Press Association Images]

#UK: Two former assistants of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi were acquitted of fraud charges (above).

#UGANDA: Lawmakers in Uganda passed tough new anti-homosexuality laws, which campaigners have called “the worst in the world“.

#LONDON: The investigation into the cause of last night’s theatre ceiling collapse got under way.

#RUSSIA: One of Vladimir Putin’s most famous foes walked free from prison after the President signed a pardon.

INNOVATION

• Google was fined €900,000 by Spain’s data protection watchdog for “serious violations” of users’ privacy
• Media company Storyful, which was founded by former RTÉ journalist Mark Little in 2008, was acquired by News Corp for €18 million
• And the first humanoid robot in space spoke his first words. Nothing terribly Earth-shattering, but hey, it’s a robot…

PARTING SHOT

Ever settled down to watch one of your favourite festive movies, but then found yourself wishing there were more scenes involving London Mayor Boris Johnson?

No? Well, the thought seems to have occurred to the good people over at Buzzfeed.

[BuzzFeed/Matt Tucker]

They’ve mocked up a whole selection — and while the Home Alone one here may seem appropriate enough, what they’ve done with the iconic poster for Black Swan may mean you’ll never be able to look at Natalie Portman in quite the same way ever again.

Originally posted at 9.16pm