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

IRELAND

The two-year-old boy who miraculously survived a sixth-storey balcony fall in Limerick in July was on hand for switching on the city’s festive lights tonight. Sean Curtin Sean Curtin

• Gay Byrne revealed his doctors suspect that he has prostate cancer which has moved into his lower back.
• Gardaí believe a woman who died on a Galway roadside in the early hours of this morning fell from a moving van.
• A woman is being questioned by gardaí following the fatal stabbing of a man in his early 40s at an apartment block in Roscrea, county Tipperary.
• Of the 149 gender recognition certificates issued to trans people since last September, four were granted to applicants who were aged 16 and 17 years old.
• Radio presenter Billy McCarthy is being remembered as the ‘Voice of Waterford’ following his death, aged 62.
• Be careful out there: a fog warning has been issued for the entire country.

WORLD

Waves crash into the wall at Newhaven in East Sussex, as Storm Angus hit the UK with gusts anticipated to reach up to 80mph. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#USA Mike Pence was not offended by the cast and crew of Hamilton’s speech to him after their show on Friday. However, his president-elect is still demanding an apology.

#GERMANY Angela Merkel knows the next election won’t be a cakewalk but she has decided to run for a fourth term as German Chancellor.

#INDIA A horror train crash in India has claimed at least 120 lives and injured another 200 people.

#UK The Sunday Times’ restaurant critic AA Gill wrote about his cancer diagnosis today, telling his readers he has “an embarrassment of cancer, the full English”.

INNOVATION

• Daft.ie has contacted Whatsapp for help in shutting down foreign scammers who are targeting desperate renters in Ireland.

• Accused of ‘blackmailing’ publishers, Adblock Plus insists its aim is to create better ads [Fora.ie]

PARTING SHOT

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As Donald Trump prepares to move into the White House, it looks like Alec Baldwin will be a regular on Saturday Night Live. Watch his first run out since the election here.

The Donald isn’t happy about it though.