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

IRELAND

Sheep seek out grass under the snow on the Curragh Plains in Co. Kildare EamonnFarrell / RollingNews.ie EamonnFarrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• An agreement has been reached between the UK and the EU over the Irish border, allowing Brexit talks to progress. This is what it means for Ireland.
• A weather warning has been issued with significant falls of snow expected across much of the country over the weekend.
• A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of 34-year-old Jason O’Driscoll, who is charged with a double murder in Dublin.
• An 18-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a shooting in Ballymun which left a garda with a gunshot wound.
• Trade union members at Irish Rail have voted to accept a pay deal.
• Gardai seized large quantities of cash and a number of cars during an operation targeting Kinahan cartel.
• Dublin Bus has apologised to a mother who was ordered to get off a bus because her child was crying.

WORLD

There was also snow across Britain, such as here at the Ribblehead Viaduct. Danny Lawson / PA Images Danny Lawson / PA Images / PA Images

#TENSIONS: Thousands of Palestinian protesters have clashed with Israeli forces in east Jerusalem following the decision by the US to recognise the city as the Israeli capital.

#WILDFIRES: Up to 200,000 people have been forced to flee wildfires raging in California that have torched huge areas of land.

#LONDON: Two men have been jailed for a combined 28 years after acid attacks on two women during a crime spree earlier this year.

PARTING SHOT

All the news that’s fit to publish, read, share…. or whatever you’re having yourself. The New York Times has published its list of the 100 most-read stories on its website in 2017.

The list is dominated by mass shootings and the Trump presidency but it’s an interesting look back on what happened in the US this year. Ireland’s own Conor McGregor even comes in strongly, featuring as the second-highest most-read story of the year.