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

IRELAND

The sea pounding a pier at Dun Laoghaire in Dublin this morning Sam McAllister Sam McAllister

• A man who has been linked to Isis is set to be deported from Ireland after the High Court quashed an injunction that had been blocking any such move
• Finance minister Michael Noonan spent Christmas in hospital due to fluid on his chest
• Storm warnings are in place as Storm Frank gets ready to hit Ireland
• The Taoiseach has promised action on abortion within six months of re-election
• The most common cause of car breakdowns in Ireland  is flat or worn-out batteries
• Hundreds searched in the heavy rain for missing student Michael Bugler
• Buses may be banned from College Green in Dublin due to ongoing Luas construction works
• A south Dublin Dáil-hopeful has been having his election posters put up without his consent for the last month
• A man in his 70s has died in a road crash in Co Westmeath
• TD Denis Naughten called for the nation’s bogs to be flooded in order to “save communities”

WORLD

CNN anchor Poppy Harlow who passed out today live on air Youtube Youtube

#UK: Hundreds of troops have been deployed with Britain being hit by “unprecedented flooding”

#MALAYSIA: Malaysian Airlines is investigating a “mix-up” which sent one of their planes flying in the wrong direction

#ESSEX: English police have launched a murder investigation after a woman in her 80s was shot dead at a nursing home

#USA: A CNN news anchor passed out live on air

#GERMANY: A 29-year-old man has died after attempting to blow up a condom-dispensing machine with a home-made bomb

INNOVATION

• Bored over the holidays? There are some incredible, and very free, games crying out to be played online you know (TheJournal.ie)
• This homemade laser lightsaber is as risky as it sounds (Engadget)

PARTING SHOT

American Harry Potter fan Courtney Bonnet has gone one step beyond and created her own version of the iconic cupboard under the stairs. Productive. (DailyEdge.ie)