Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

13 Dec 2025, 20:00 by Emma Hickey, https://www.thejournal.ie/author/emma-hickey/ · TheJournal.ie

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

Residents of Dublin 8 and Dublin 20 mobilised for the second protest against BusConnects changes in Palmerstown, Chapelizod and Islandbridge

IRELAND

Irish fishing industry leaders have said that a new EU quota deal, which will see a significant reduction in the amount of mackerel and other fish that can be caught, is “catastrophic” for Irish fishers.
The family of a father of two who died after a wall he was building collapsed on top of him in Cork have expressed their gratitude to the emergency services for their extensive efforts at the scene.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said he’s planning to step down from his position as head of one of Europe’s top budget airlines by 2035.
A father of five accused of an arson attack “with a lack of apparent motive” which gutted five cars on the South Circular Road in Dublin has been remanded in custody.
A man aged in his 50s has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl 20 years ago at a community organisation where the older man was employed.

INTERNATIONAL

Chairman of the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party Peter Magyar, second righ, Vice Chairman of Tisza Party Agnes Forsthoffer, right, and opera singer Andrea Rost, the party's parliamentary candidate for Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency 1, third from right, attend the Tisza Party demonstration in support of abused children at the Buda Castle Tunnel, in Budapest. Alamy Stock PhotoAlamy Stock Photo

#PYONGYANG: North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong Un said in a speech carried today by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its deployed soldiers.

#GAZA: Israel said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south.

#WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has dismissed new photos of himself with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “no big deal”.

PARTING SHOT

Paul Mescal and actress Jessie Buckley with Chloé Zhao and author Maggie O’Farrell at the irish premiere of the film Hamnet at the Light House Cinema. Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ieLeah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie / © RollingNews.ie

GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED Irish stars Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley attended the premiere of their film Hamnet in Dublin this evening.

The stars of Chloe Zhao’s Oscar-buzz film took to the red carpet for a special screening at the Light House cinema in Dublin.

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, the film follows William Shakespeare (Mescal) as he meets and falls in love with Agnes (Buckley).

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