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IRELAND
A young Meath farmer and recent teaching graduate Ellen Farnan at her ‘lockdown graduation’.
Source: Rebecca Doran Photography
- The Taoiseach said the government not be changing Covid-19 restrictions for Christmas, but that people should expect new restrictions “before the New Year”
- A six-week NI lockdown, starting on Saint Stephen’s Day, was agreed upon by Stormont
- 484 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Ireland, as the National Public Health Emergency Team said they are concerned about a “rapid growth” in cases
- Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Dáil that the Irish rescue of the banks happened, stating that the Taoiseach was wrong yesterday
- the HSE warned people to only meet indoors with people they trust
- Sharing hate speech online will become a crime under the proposed legislation, but there will be a high level of prosecution
- Parents of service users in Saint John of God have expressed anger at the lack of progress in transferring responsibility for services to HSE
- Ireland has been ranked the second highest in the world by quality of life, according to a new United Nations study.
WORLD
A red squirrel sniffs nuts inside Christmas stockings at Wildwood Escot Park in Devon.
Source: PA Images
#BREXIT TALKS: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the final topics in the trade talks remain “challenging.”
#RUSSIA: President Vladimir Putin denied reports that the country’s security services were behind the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, saying that if they were, Navalny would be dead.
#WORLD LEADER: French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19 – Taoiseach Micheál Martin tested negative, after attending the European Council with Macron last week.
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TheJournal.ieStardust’s brilliant podcast has won its third major award – the prestigious Mary Raftery Award for Social Issues Journalism.
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The judges said: “It is superbly designed and is a very moving account of the 1981 Stardust fire and the families’ long campaign for justice.”
The six-part podcast also won gold at the New York Festival Radio Awards for Best Narrative / Documentary Podcast; and best radio documentary at this year’s Celtic Media Festival.
Our sincere congratulations to Sean Murray, Nicky Ryan, and Christine Bohan.
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