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

IRELAND

Shoppers throng Henry Street in Dublin earlier today. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A teenager died in Co Mayo after he was assaulted.
• An eight-year-old boy died in a farming accident.
• Gerry Adams said republican ’Slab’ Murphy had been ‘treated unfairly’.
• Support for the coalition peeped above 40%.
• A man died in a caravan fire in Kilkenny.
• Ibrahim Halawa‘s trial was postponed again.
• Hopes grew for retailers that this will be the best Christmas in eight years.
• The State’s first posthumous pardon was signed
• Four men appeared in court over seizures of heroin and cocaine.
• Tributes were paid to a councillor who died in an alleged hit-and-run.
• Monsignor Paul Tighe became one of the Pope’s most senior Irish officials.

WORLD

A Lebanese woman wearing a Santa Claus costume sings during a Christmas event, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Associated Press Associated Press

#CHINA: A flyover of a South China Sea island by a US bomber was called a “serious military provocation”. [South China Morning Post]

#IRAQ: It was confirmed that an airstrike which killed Iraqi troops was carried out by an American plane. [The New York Times]

#MIGRANT CRISIS: At least 18 people drowned when a boat sank in the Aegean Sea overnight.

#NORWAY: Citizens pushed for a mountain to be handed over to Finland.

#SYRIA: Putin said he was ready to increase Russia’s military role in Syria. [Guardian]

#UNITED KINGDOM: Former Match of the Day presenter Jimmy Hill passed away.

INNOVATION

• A controversial sleeping tablet could help stroke recovery. [NewScientist]
• Google isn’t happy that driverless cars will require a full-licensed driver to be behind the wheel. [BBC News]
• The most precise measurement of a ripple in spacetime has been made. [ScienceNews]
• Have we reached peak crowdfunding? [TechCrunch]

PARTING SHOT

Take a quick trip around Donegal – by drone.

Proinsias Carr - Aerial Views / Vimeo