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IRELAND
Tánaiste Joan Burton has fallen out of a boat while viewing flood damage in Co Kilkenny. The Tánaiste was on her way to inspect a flooded house in Thomastown when she ended up in the shallow water.
Joan Burton says she 'grand' after falling out of a canoe during a visit to flood-hit Thomastown, Co Kilkennyhttps://t.co/A5c0WuCTtN
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) December 31, 2015
The €5m Oireachtas Banking Inquiry has signed off on its final report clearing the way for a general election in the last week of February.
Gardaí have issued a revised traffic plan for the Cork county area in response to continuing issues with flooding.
Minister of State at the Office of Public Works has said that it is a "reality" that flood relief schemes take a number of years to deliver.
Tánaiste Joan Burton has claimed there is nothing wrong with two of her senior advisers being paid up to €52,000 more than strict pay caps allow because the salaries are still lower than under previous governments.
President Michael D Higgins has called for the 1916 centenary celebrations to be used to remember the “diversity of our people and events” that have made the nation what it is today.
WORLD
New Zealand has counted down the seconds to midnight with a giant digital clock on Auckland’s Sky Tower as it become the first nation with a sizeable population to welcome in 2016.
Smog has helped put a damper on New Year’s Eve celebrations throughout Italy, as Rome, Milan and other cities ban fireworks to avoid aggravating already high levels of air pollution.
SPORT
Cristiano Ronaldo believes he was “born to be the best” and accepts his own vanity and arrogance have been the driving force behind his success.
Cork ladies footballer Valerie Mulcahy accepts it will be difficult to adjust to the “end of an era” departure of a man who made his players “better people”.
BUSINESS
More than half of respondents to a recent survey said they would favour tax breaks for Irish people returning home to set up a business.
The country’s main tourism business group has hailed a “stellar year”, but says it could do even more if only it was sure the extra-low tourism Vat rate was here to stay.
ANALYSIS
We should bemanaging our resources while being aware that we share a small planet,
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VIDEO
Four weather alerts came into force yesterday as Storm Frank struck off the west coast — the sixth to hit Ireland since the start of the winter.
VIRAL
It’s the movie quiz that will have you frantically returning to your screen EveningBriefing&utm_medium How many of the films can you identify from the subtle and not-so-subtle clues hidden in the image?
Star Wars creator George Lucas has hit out at The Force Awakens and criticised how Disney has developed the film franchise.
TECHNOW
Thanks to his 20-year career span, Kobe Bryant has shown us how far videogames' graphics have come.
Die Hard gets the Honest Trailers treatment and it revealed to be the best Christmas movie ever made - which we already knew
Microsoft has released an app, Microsoft Selfie, that will help you produce better looking selfies.
SHOWBIZ
As much as we don’t wish to indulge in the negativity spewing from Katie Hopkins’ mouth most of the time, it’s pretty hard to ignore her controversial rants from time to time (*cough* all the time *cough*).
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Star Wars creator George Lucas has hit out at The Force Awakens and criticised how Disney has developed the film franchise.
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