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

IRELAND

Pictured outside the Oxfam shop on South King Street, Laoise (7) and Roisin (2) O'Morain from Sandymount in Dublin help launch Season of Smiles, Oxfam Ireland's Christmas range. Houdini the pig was also there highlighting the Unwrapped range of alternative gift cards which allows people to buy goats, pigs, chicks, chocolate and more to support Oxfam's work worldwide. Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie Mark Stedman / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• A woman was found dead after an attack in Cork
• The government’s investment arm announced it would put money into Abtran
• Eight people were arrested as part of a new Garda operation
• Young people on the dole got some good news – sort of
• A man was found guilty of stabbing a 26-year-old man to death in 2013
• It was revealed that 1,216 people had been told they failed the driver theory test when they had passed
• A cyber security analyst claimed to have identified 20 people located in Ireland who either support or are involved with Islamic State on Twitter
• The Justice Minister said a terrorist attack is “possible, but not likely”
• A man in his 80s died in a house fire in Tipperary

INTERNATIONAL

Belgian police officers patrol the Grand Place in downtown Brussels. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#BRUSSELS: The Belgian capital remained on high alert as police arrested five more people in connection with terrorism plots.

#PARIS: An item that may be an explosive belt was found in a bin in Paris.

#PFIZER: A major merger announced today could see the largest drug manufacturer in the world based in Ireland.

#NEW ORLEANS: At least 16 people were injured in a shooting at a playground in New Orleans.

INNOVATION

• The tech industry is no country for old men (or women) 
• A Minority Report-style interface for your computer could be on the way

PARTING SHOT

Donald Trump swears he saw people celebrating the 9/11 attacks. How does this statement, and his previous ones, stand up to scrutiny? Politifact checked it out and the reading’s not great for The Donald.