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

IRELAND

Sam Mulan (7), who has cystic fibrosis, with his mother outside Leinster House in Dublin today. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Aidan O’Driscoll, an ex-chief of Staff of the Real IRA, died following a shooting in Cork city this evening.
• Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell used Dáil privilege to call for Sinn Féin TDs Martin Ferris and Dessie Ellis to make a statement about the 1983 murder of prison officer Brian Stack.
• A GP on trial, charged with the manslaughter of her profoundly disabled daughter by giving her too much sedative, said she loved the child “more than life itself“.
• Health Minister Simon Harris welcomed the decision by Vertex Pharmaceuticals to re-engage with the HSE on the cost of cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi.
• The three children’s hospitals in Dublin have asked families to go to GPs where possible rather than attending emergency departments due to more people than usual presenting at EDs.
• A Dublin court unfroze €100 million worth of assets belonging to the former richest man in Russia following a money laundering investigation.
• The father of Trevor Deely, who has been missing for 16 years, said he will not give up on finding his son alive.
• Gardaí in Donegal appealed for the public’s assistance in finding a 73-year-old man who has been missing for a month.
• Customers of delivery service Parcel Motel spoke of their frustration over not being able to contact the firm which has failed to deliver many of their orders in the run-up to Christmas.
• Irish actor Ruth Negga is on the cover of Vogue magazine.

WORLD

UK Prime Minister Theresa May and the King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Khalifa at a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Manama, Bahrain today. Stefan Rousseau PA Wire / PA Images Stefan Rousseau PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#INDONESIA: At least 97 people died and hundreds were injured after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

#US: President-elect Donald Trump has been named as Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

#PAKISTAN: A plane carrying 47 people crashed, killing all on board.

#UK: British MPs have voted to begin Brexit talks by the end of March.

INNOVATION

• Mayo County Council is using virtual reality headsets to show young people the devastation that can be caused by car crashes.
• You can now pay for things using your phone (but only if it’s an Android).

PARTING SHOT

People have fallen in love with Dún Laoghaire newsagent John Hyland after a post about him on Humans of Dublin.

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