Here's What Happened Today: Friday

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

IRELAND

• A number of weather warnings were issued by Met Éireann as the prolonged cold snap takes hold across the country.
• A man was arrested in connection with an ongoing murder investigation following the discovery of a woman’s body in Co Roscommon.
• Law professor Diarmuid Phelan was found not guilty of murdering a man who was trespassing on his farm in Tallaght in 2022.
• An investigation is underway after a woman’s body was discovered in Mallow, Co Cork.
• A man accused of dangerous driving causing the deaths of a couple in an alleged hit-and-run in Dublin on St Stephen’s Day was released on bail.
• The funeral of husband and wife Georgina and Anthony ‘Anto’ Hogg took place today in Clonsilla, Dublin.
• The number of people living in emergency accommodation increased in November to a record 15,199 people.
• The rollout of free HRT products for women experiencing symptoms of menopause from this month has been delayed, with pharmacists unclear when the scheme will be implemented.
• A man was killed following a crash on the East Wall Road in Dublin overnight.
• Gardaí renewed an appeal for information on the case of Imelda Keenan, a 22-year-old woman who went missing from Waterford city on this day 31 years ago.

INTERNATIONAL

#UKRAINE: Tánaiste Micheál Martin criticised Russia’s “abhorrent” bombings of Ukraine’s energy grid on Christmas Day.

#SEOUL: Investigators in South Korea abandoned their attempt to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his home after an hours-long standoff with his security team.

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#ALICANTE: Searches are underway for Belfast man John George in Spain after the father-of-two failed to return home from a holiday last month.

#CORPORATE TURN-OFF: Neil Young will headline Glastonbury after initially turning down the offer, saying the music event was “under corporate control” of the BBC.

PARTING SHOT

When we think of a stocktake, usually counting animals isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

But at London Zoo, staff had their clipboards and calculators at the ready today to undertake the annual count of its over 10,000 residents. 

The stocktake is a requirement of the zoo’s license, and it’s expected to take almost a week to complete. 

London Zoo, the world’s oldest scientific zoo, will share the results of the census with other zoos around the world to help manage breeding programmes for endangered species.

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