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

IRELAND

Jordie Barrett celebrates after scoring Leinster's second try. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO

• Two off-duty gardaí were attacked in the Temple Bar area of Dublin last night, with one in critical condition with serious head injuries following the assault.
• Junior Minister for Transport James Lawless has said the latest estimate for the reopening of the port of Holyhead is a “week away”.
• A legal expert and apprentice solicitor (29) has been charged with the murder of his father, who was found stabbed to death in his Dublin home.
• Gardaí in Co Donegal have launched an investigation after a huge fire in the Inishowen town of Moville overnight.
• Twenty police officers in Northern Ireland have been injured in the past 24 hours while on duty, some of whom required medical treatment as a result, the PSNI has said.
• More than 2,244 drivers were caught speeding on Irish roads in the past week, with one motorist in Wexford detected driving 100km/h over the speed limit.
• A Galway father of four has been accused of threatening “shocked” workers in a Dublin pharmacy that he had AIDS and was carrying a syringe during a robbery.
• Gardaí have launched an investigation in Mullingar, Co Westmeath, after a man was found with serious injuries in the early hours of this morning.
• Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said “no stone should be left unturned” to ensure those responsible for Private Séan Rooney’s death are brought to justice as the weekend marks the second anniversary of the 24-year-old’s death.
• A man in his 60s has been seriously injured following an assault at a property in Clondalkin, Co Dublin.

INTERNATIONAL

South Korean protesters celebrate following the passage of an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol, during a rally outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#GEORGIA ELECETION: Ex-Premier League striker Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, has become the President of Georgia as the ruling party consolidates its grip on power.

#JORDAN: Top diplomats from the United States, the Arab League and Turkey are meeting in Jordan to discuss plans and goals to assist Syria’s transition from the deposed government of Bashar Assad.

#SOUTH KOREA: South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration this month.

#PRINCE ANDREW: A former UK security minister said that it was “extremely embarrassing” that a suspected Chinese spy had become a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew.

PARTING SHOT

STUDENTS FROM THE choir of St Bridget’s Girls National School were at Dublin Airport this week to sing “Failte Abhaile, Welcome Home” to passengers arriving into Terminal 1. 

“Failte abhaile, welcome home…”

There was a uniquely Irish welcome for passengers in T1 this week as the awesome @BrigidsGns choir delivered their version of @DamoDempsey’s festive classic 🎶 🎄 pic.twitter.com/0Sv6PXDMIp

— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) December 14, 2024