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

Annalisa Cawley with her sons Devin Cawley and Alex Cawley from Sutton as they donate some gifts at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin. Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland Sasko Lazarov / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

• Eight people were hospitalised after a two-car collision in Galway.
• Over 100 people are expected to die of flu this season.
• The government published a new plan to crackdown on cyber-crime, hacking and cyber-espionage.
• A man was charged in relation to a shooting in Waterford. 
• There’s been a significant increase in the number of people on trolleys in hospitals this winter.
• Gardaí are examining footage of a child who was thrown from a scrambler bike in Dublin.
• There are major reforms planned for Ireland’s voter registration system.
• PSNI chief Simon Byrne defended a photograph he shared on Christmas Day with armed police officers.
• An Irish ticketholder has just three days left to claim their €500,000 Euromillions prize. 

A grey seal basks in the sun and lay in the water at Green Island Rock just off White Rock in Strangford Lough, Co Down. Liam McBurney / PA Liam McBurney / PA / PA

WORLD

#KAZAKHSTAN: At least 12 people died and 53 were injured in a plane crash. 

#PHILIPPINES: The death toll in from the Christmas Day typhoon rose to 28. 

#ISRAEL: Benjamin Netanyahu won his party leadership contest. 

#RUSSIA: A new Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound. 

PARTING SHOT 

This story of Ron Warren’s life-long passion for figure skating will make you eager to get out on the ice yourself.