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IRELAND
ESB to increase ‘spill’ of water from Parteen Weir as levels reach those seen during 2009 flooding. The lower Shannon between O’Brien’s Bridge and Limerick is bracing itself for potentially disastrous new flooding as the ESB confirmed it will have to increase the ‘spill’ of water from Parteen Weir.
Parents who hit or slap their children can be charged with assault under historic anti-corporal punishment legal changes that will take effect from today. The new measures, which effectively amount to a ban on slapping children, were signed into law by Children’s Minister James Reilly at midnight last night after advocacy group and UN pressure to ensure the rights of children are protected.
Senators are being urged to give their backing to new sex crime laws. A debate on the issue will be held in the Seanad today and could see the purchase of sex criminalised in the lifetime of this Government.
Gardaí have been invited to speak on the dangers of the internet from the pulpit at Masses to encourage hundreds of students to take a pledge against cyber-bullying for their confirmation.
WORLD
The US government appears not to have picked up on extremist messages exchanged during the online courtship of the married couple accused in the San Bernardino shooting.
France’s Front National is preparing a last push for regional election votes as an opinion poll showed tactical voting will keep it from power in two main target regions even though it topped a first-round vote nationally.
SPORT
Tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Aldo will try to maintain a decade of utter mixed martial arts supremacy. Conor McGregor, and all the momentum and mayhem that comes with him, will be the latest to try to take down a man who has been at the very top of the UFC from day zero
Anthony Foley has warned his Munster squad they cannot afford to be as wasteful with the ball as they have been in recent weeks when they go head-to-head with possession kings Leicester Tigers at Thomond Park tomorrow night.
BUSINESS
The economy is growing this year at the fastest pace since the Celtic Tiger era of 2000 as CSO figures yesterday detailed the broad-based strengths of the long-delayed economic upturn from the country’s crash
Finance Minister Michael Noonan was quick to welcome the strong GDP figures claiming they confirm the recovery is now “firmly embedded”. However, he warned more needs to be done.
ANALYSIS
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Tens of thousands of children will get their first smartphone or an upgrade this Christmas. shares tips on how parents can ensure their children are less open to trouble online.
VIDEO
12-year-old Bríd Courtney from Ardfert, Co Kerry has won a prestigious national award for her inspirational essay video entitled ‘Someone Like Me’.
VIRAL
Think you saw the last of Biddy and Miley? Think again. For 18 years, Glenroe held Irish people in thrall on Sunday nights and we were left heartbroken when we bade farewell to our favourite fictional town in May 2001. Now, 14 years later, it's back for one night only as the cast take a special walk down memory lane this Christmas in 'Well Holy God It’s Glenroe'.
The unmanned spacecraft will reach its destination in July 2016 after a 1.7 billion-mile voyage. Here are 9 facts about the Juno mission to Jupiter ahead of its rendezvous
TECHNOW
The Witcher 3 has been a huge and deserved success for developers CD Project RED, and they're going into 2016 with plenty of momentum and a second major DLC pack in the works. Now CEO Adam Kicinski has been talking about their future plans.
With just under one week to go until Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases here in Ireland, a new international trailer has been released with a few new pieces of footage to get fans excited again.
Windows 10 has arrived, and it will change the way you use your devices forever.
SHOWBIZ
RTE reporter Teresa Mannion has revealed she had no idea she was screaming down the microphone during her weather report last week. The presenter became an internet sensation after her report on Storm Desmond became a viral hit worldwide.
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A nurse who allegedly slept on the job while working at an elderly care home was yesterday the subject of a disciplinary inquiry.
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