St. Stephen’s Day · TheJournal.ie

NEED to catch up? TheJournal.ie gives you a summary of today’s news.

IRELAND

Crowds at Poolbeg Lighthouse in Dublin

Source: RollingNews.ie

• Health officials confirmed a record 1,296 new cases of COVID-19.
• The first installment of a vaccine against Covid-19 arrived in the country.
• Meanwhile, health officials in North Ireland confirmed another 20 deaths and nearly 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past two days.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin He said he expected to see a return to a “degree of normalcy” by next summer.
• Storm Bella passed through the country.
• Childline revealed that more than 700 children and youth contacted the charity on Christmas Day.
• New figures showed that more than half a million motorists had penalty points on your driver’s licenses this year.

INTERNATIONAL

Flood water surrounds The Barn Hotel in Bedford, UK

Source: PA

#BREXIT; The EU and the UK jointly published the full text of their post-Brexit trade deal.

#CORONAVIRUS: France and Spain confirmed their first cases of the new Covid-19 variant that recently emerged in Great Britain.

#US: Joe Biden warned Donald Trump of the “devastating consequences” if the president continues to delay the signing of a Covid-19 financial aid bill passed by Congress.

#NASHVILLE: US police confirmed that they had found possible human remains yesterday near the site of an explosion in Tennessee.

START SHOT

It’s been a year of doom and gloom, with many searching online for levity in one form or another, usually through their social media.

And during 2020, Irish-language broadcaster TG4 stepped up and gave them what they were looking for by taking a refreshing approach to their social media presence: having the fun.

As part of our recap for the year, the broadcaster’s social media team spoke about everything from how it has become so popular to the identity of the famous ‘intern’.

Read about it here.