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IRELAND

Performers outside the Custom House launch the New Year's Festival Dublin, now in its third year. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• The EU Commission today finally published its full decision laying out its explanation as to how Apple used Ireland to avoid so much tax
• Independent TD Mick Wallace was declared bankrupt today by the High Court, but it won’t stop him from his role in the Dáil
• Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster survived a vote of no confidence this evening and refuses to step aside over the ‘cash for ash’ scandal
• Rape Crisis Network Ireland released its annual report for 2015, revealing that over 13,000 calls were made to the service in the past year
• Over 30 homeless people slept in Apollo House last night, following a weekend of extensive work to make the building fit to live in
• The number of uninsured cars on Irish roads has nearly doubled to over 150,000 in the space of five years.
• A woman whose father raped her repeatedly as a teenager says her family has been torn apart in the wake of the abuse
• Dunnes Stores and SuperValu are tied for the title of Ireland’s top grocer
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed their gigs in Dublin that were planned for tomorrow and Wednesday night.

WORLD

Michael Sohn Michael Sohn

#GERMANY: A truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing several people and injuring at least 50 others. Three people have also been injured in a shooting in Zurich, Switzerland.

#TENSIONS: Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov has been shot dead in a gun attack in the capital Ankara.

#BANA: A young Syrian girl who came to worldwide prominence as she tweeted from the siege of Aleppo has been safely evacuated.

PARTING SHOT

Met Éireann’s deputy head of forecasting Evelyn Cusack dropped by TheJournal.ie HQ for an interview, and although she said it was still too early to tell for sure, she cautiously warned that stormy weather was ahead.

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