BULLETIN: Limited flights resume at Gatwick Airport following drone chaos; Revenue issues €1.6bn tax demand against Perrigo

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BULLETIN: Limited flights resume at Gatwick Airport following drone chaos; Revenue issues €1.6bn tax demand against Perrigo

Here's your morning bulletin.

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IRELAND: Ryanair has announced that all of its flights scheduled to fly in and out of Gatwick Airport today will instead operate to and from London Stansted.

IRELAND:An Irish based pharmaceutical company has been issued with a €1.6bn tax bill by The Revenue Commissioner.

IRELAND: The disputes and delays that have dogged the development of a new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) appear at an end after the health minister cleared the way for the process to proceed.

IRELAND: The State has finally been cleared to increase to €30m its investment in the stalled Cork event centre project.

WORLD: The US House of Representatives has approved funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall in legislation that pushes the government closer to a partial shutdown. The package, which included Mr Trump’s 5.7 billion-dollar request for a border wall with Mexico, is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate.

VIEWS:Running the risk of ruining Christmas for people, Eoin Flynn pleads with consumers to buy less stuff and to make sure what they do buy is sustainable.

BUSINESS: Employment monitor shows rise in demand for staff in certain sectors affected by Brexit

SPORT:Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will meet the media for the first time on Friday morning after replacing Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.

SPORT:Munster succeeded without their frontline stars in November and they begin the festive period needing their second string to take another step forward in Belfast tonight for the first of three tough interprovincial derbies.

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CULTURE: Some of the movers and shakers of the Cork arts and entertainment scene tell Des O’Driscoll about their highlights of 2018, and what they’re looking forward to over the next 12 months.

VIRAL: Lin-Manuel Miranda has released a remixed version of a song from his hit musical Hamilton featuring Barack Obama.

FEATURE: Despite expectations that the bubble would burst, gins are more popular than ever, with new ones popping up across the country. Why is the classic G&T so rejuvenated?

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