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

Mark Stedman --- Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke launches a DSPCA Christmas appeal. Mark Stedman --- Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke launches a DSPCA Christmas appeal.

IRELAND

• Water charges, again, dominated the news.
• There were further hints about the revised charging system tonight.
• While the Taoiseach again hit out at protesters in the Dáil earlier.
• There was also another data breach at Irish Water.
• While TD Paul Murphy defended his actions. 
• Elsewhere, there was an appeal for a missing woman.
• A fresh appeal over the weekend’s Dublin murder.
• There was an embarrassing photo mix-up for a TD. 
• The Newlands Cross flyover was officially unveiled.
• There was some controversy involving biscuits.
• And, apparently, a “giant fireball“ over Ireland.

WORLD

AP / Press Association Images - A scene from today's funerals AP / Press Association Images - A scene from today's funerals / Press Association Images - A scene from today's funerals

#ISRAEL: Four rabbis were killed in an early morning attack on a place of worship in Jerusalem.

#US: Murderer Charles Manson was granted permission to get married.

#FRANCE: And there’s a row brewing over a massive pyramid structure planned for Paris.

INNOVATION

• Whoops… An Australian estate agent apparently took snaps of a topless woman sunbathing by mistake, when he used a drone to photograph a building. [BBC]
• And popular dating site OKCupid has begun rolling out new gender and sexuality options. [Huffington Post]

PARTING SHOT

Finally… Ever wondered what your favourite superheroes would look like, if they had been born in the 16th Century? 

 Photo: Sacha Goldberger