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

IRELAND

Mam Cecilia greets her daughter Elish Richards coming from Switzerland with (far Left) aunt Elizabeth Belter from Wicklow at Dublin Airport this morning. Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie Sam Boal / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• The two men who announced they would be getting married to avoid inheritance tax have tied the knot.
• A 24-year-old man was found unconscious with head injuries on the road at Clonliffe Avenue
• There has been a 42% increase in the number of patients detected with a bacteria that can resist antibiotics.
• The Stormzy mural in Smithfield has been removed following issues with planning permission.
• Almost 30,000 fathers have taken up the Paternity Benefit over the 16 months since it was introduced, it was announced today.
• A Donegal man admitted to illegally removing the dew claws from a St Bernard puppy
• Lily O’Brien’s chocolate manufacturer bought by Polish company for €40 million 
• Tens of thousands of complaints were sent to Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport over the Irish Rail strikes this year
• Factcheck: Was the burgundy passport ‘enforced’ on Britain when it joined the EU?

WORLD

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrives in Moscow. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#AUSTRIA: Eight people were injured after two trains collided near Vienna.

#RUSSIA: Boris Johnson had a tense meeting in Russia.

#CATALONIA: Following yesterday’s snap election result, there is a fresh impetus for their independence push.

PARTING SHOT

The An Post Centre is a hive of activity this month as millions of letters pass along its conveyor belts and through its sorting machines.

TheJournal.ie stopped by for a visit to see how they get through 35 million letters in the month of December.