Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD launches the Smile Resource Exchange. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• The Dáil was suspended three times in one hour.
• Mary Lou McDonald accused the Government of inaction on abuse claims. 
• Republican Bobby Storey was questioned over the Jean McConville case. 
• The HSE was given an extra €115 million in funding. 
• Irish Water got something horrible in the post. 
• Planned laws were announced, which would mean electronic tagging for some sex offenders. 
• There were concerns for a missing woman, who police described as “vulnerable”. 
• One man took a novel approach to job hunting.
• And the guy called ‘moron‘ by a TD had a classy response. 

WORLD

A LEGO Sleigh complete with Santa and 9 Reindeer landed in Covent Garden Piazza in London today. Jeff Moore/EMPICS Entertainment

#BRAZIL: Football legend Pele was moved to a ‘special care’ unit at a Sao Paulo hospital.

#RIP: Crime writer PD James died. She was 94.

#PHIL HUGHES: And Cricket Ireland paid tribute to Australian star Phil Hughes, who died after being hit by a ball.

INNOVATION

• The European Parliament has voted to break up Google. 
• And the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army is claiming to have hacked a number of well-known sites, including the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. [Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

The Obama daughters weren’t really buying into their dad’s whole ‘turkey pardoning’ business last night…