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

IRELAND

Health Minister Simon Harris at a recruitment drive for Irish nurses in Dublin today. Leah Farrell Leah Farrell

• Three men were caught on camera vandalising a €2,000 defibrillator
• A woman was airlifted to hospital after a car crash in Cork
• The occupation of an empty Dublin apartment block by homelessness activists ended after gardaí arrived
• John Halligan says this government won’t survive the full five years
• Health Minister Simon Harris wants Irish nurses to return to home
• A man was arrested in connection with the disappearance of Charles Brook Pickard over 25 years ago
• A motorist was caught for being five times over the drink driving limit
• Russborough House is getting thousands in public funding
• Nearly 1,000 ESB customers were left without power in Meath
• Almost 4,000 prescriptions were made for a drug which is designed to help alcohol-dependent people

INTERNATIONAL

Actress Debbie Reynolds (left), who has died barely a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#BELGIUM: A boy is in a Belgian hospital after being left on freezing balcony for 15 hours as ‘punishment’.

#STAY STRONG: US President-elect Donald Trump has told Israel to “stay strong” until his inauguration

#RIP: Tributes have been paid to Carrie Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, who died just one day after her daughter.

#USA: Obama has expelled a number of Russian diplomats.

PARTING SHOT

Ever wondered what it would be like to cover Donald Trump on the campaign trail? Reporter for The Washington Post, David Fahrenthold, tells his story from behind-the-scenes.  [The Washington Post]