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

Cattle in the Cooley Mountains in County Louth as temperatures drop all across the country. Niall Carson Niall Carson

IRISH

• Irish drivers could be facing their worst nightmare as freezing fog approaches.
• The flu vaccine this year doesn’t exactly match the strain that’s going around now.
• A man was charged with having a false passport at Dublin Airport.
• A six-year-old boy was allegedly pricked with a syringe on a Dublin Bus.
• An elderly man in Monaghan died after his car collided with a tractor.
• Almost 600 people have expressed interest in becoming candidates in Lucinda‘s new party.
• All gardaí may soon be wearing body cameras.
• Sinn Féin’s Jonathan O’Brien is waiting for an apology after comments a Labour TD made about his homeless brother.
• New York pilgrims can fly direct to Knock this summer.
• A Senator defended MMA ahead of Conor McGregor‘s big fight Sunday night.

WORLD

Priests take photos as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a mass for clergy in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Manila, Philippines. Alessandra Tarantino / PA Alessandra Tarantino / PA / PA

#PARIS: A man in France surrendered to police after holding 17 people hostage at a post office.

#BELGIUM: Thirteen people in total have been arrested in Belgium in counter-terrorism raids.

#CHARLIE HEBDO: Nine men and three women were arrested over the attacks in Paris last week.

#ITALY: The country has denied paying a €10 million ransom to free two young aid workers held for five months in Syria.

#INDIA: A woman allegedly raped by an Uber driver is suing the company.

INNOVATION

• World War III hasn’t actually started – two news organisation in the US just had their Twitter accounts hacked.
• We know now what Facebook at Work will look like.
• Someone did an iPhone 6 drop test from the edge of outer space.

PARTING SHOT

The Verge has this fascinating story of how the Colombian army sent a hidden message to hostages using a pop song.