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LAST UPDATE | 16 Dec 2024
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.
1. A second man has been arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of two off-duty gardaí who were attacked in the Temple Bar area of Dublin on Friday night, with one in critical condition with serious head injuries following the assault.
It is believed the incident happened as the gardaí were making their way home from socialising in the city.
2. The chairperson of the Jewish Council of Ireland has said he is “deeply concerned” by the deterioration in relations between Ireland and Israel following the closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin yesterday.
Maurice Cohen, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, said the Irish Government’s intervention at the ICJ alongside South Africa had risked “oversimplifying” a complex and tragic conflict.
3. Ireland is producing more waste now than it did a decade ago and is “almost certain” to miss EU recycling targets next year.
In 2022, Ireland generated 15.7 million tonnes of waste, according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
4. Rescuers to search for survivors this morning after a powerful cyclone hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, laying to waste the territory’s many shantytowns.
Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville expects the final death toll will reach “close to a thousand or even several thousand”, he told broadcaster Mayotte la Premiere.
5. The Israeli government has approved a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.
As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered troops to seize the demilitarised zone between the two countries’ forces on the Golan Heights.
6. A woman in her 70s has been seriously injured after a hit-and-run incident in Co Louth.
The collision occurred on the Armagh Road (R177) at the junction with the Toberona Road in Dundalk shortly after 1pm on Sunday.
7. A meeting has been scheduled this morning with hauliers to discuss the massive backlog across the Irish Sea.
This backlog has arisen from the HolyHead Port closure due to Storm Darragh damages.
8. Paul O’Donovan was named RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year last night.
The Cork man became the first Irish Olympian to win medals at three consecutive games in 2024, winning Olympic gold at the double sculls in Paris – and gold at the World Rowing Championships single sculls.
9. South Korean enforcement authorities will request that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appear for questioning this week over his short-lived martial law decree.
Investigators are exploring whether his ill-conceived power grab amounted to rebellion.
The only question is, would the water turn yellow or brown.
Double incontinence would unquestionably ensure.
Red
Ahh once it didn’t turn red that’s the main thing
Keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times. Lol.
Surely that’s a better question in regards to their wetsuits
how the Huck does she speak so well under water with a scuba mask on breathing app etc
It’s all fun and games till ‘Jaws’ shows up..
Diving with great whites is the height of stupidity. I do not know how more people are not eaten.
You should try it sometime, it’s pretty cool in fairness. Amazing beasts up close.
Might be something to do with the big steel cage kitty.
classic Sharky and George double team
Suprise suckers
Feck that sh*t!
@ ALAN Not everyone is on social media!
sharks just going: “any chance you could keep the bleedin’ noise down luv? Some of us have to live here you know”
Some believe sharks are as if not more intelligent than chimps….that’s how close they are too us. They learn and hunt in packs…best admired from afar
Yeah far enough away to be able to put the feet up on a recliner. :)
Karl Pilkington would have been proud of that one! Although contrary to what the movies will tell you shark attacks on humans are quite rare overall & scientists believe it’s usually because they mistake humans for something else. Other than that, I have to say this underwater footage is fantastic overall, beats the shit out of snorkeling anyway
Reminds me of that episode of Friends with the dog in the window of Phoebes taxi
The journal should really stick to news. It can’t quite keep up with social media. Seen this yesterday.
maybe you shouldn’t spend so much time on the computer Alan?
Shark bait!!!
It’s just a curious big fish, these folk were in it’s territory.
just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cage
Noah’s shark
then suddenly a brown trout appeared.
We’re gonna need a better cage.
Well yeah I’ll go diving where sharks are. Check the stupidity level….
It reminds me of the velociraptors in the first Jurassic park movie. One took the attention of the people, while the other one crept up behind them to eat them.
flanked by a clever girl !
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