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

IRELAND

Pictured are Friends of the Earth members (l to r) Director Oisin Coughlan, David Brooks, Eileen Boyle, Policy Officer Kate Ruddock, Sydney Weinberg, Donna Cooney and Clement Cardon staging a Tug of War outside Government buildings today, to ask whether the Irish Government will side with fossil fuels or clean energy. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

• Tributes were paid to the two Irish men killed in an accident in Perth
• A man was jailed for staging a car crash with his partner
• A criminal rammed a Garda car thinking it was a rival gang
• Irish citizens were caught up in the controversy over sham marriages
• Two bombs were found in Cavan
• 1,400 hoverboards were seized
• Plans for a 381 home development were criticised
• Christmas FM got set to come back

INTERNATIONAL

Spectators watch as the balloon of Spongebob Squarepants is moved down Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#SYRIA: David Cameron said the UK should join air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, but not everyone agreed.

#TURKEY: The Turkish Foreign Minister refused to apologise over the downing of a Russian plane.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump was criticised for apparently mocking a reporter and imitating his disability.

INNOVATION

• A tiny computer board has gone on sale for the price of a pint.
• A software pirate has been forced to make a YouTube video explaining his actions.

PARTING SHOT

Today is Thanksgiving, a day that many Irish will know as the setting for some excellent episodes of Friends. DailyEdge.ie has a quiz to test how much you remember of those episodes.