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

IRELAND

Pedestrians braving the wet and windy weather on Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge this morning Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie Leah Farrell / Rollingnews.ie / Rollingnews.ie

• Minister for Health Simon Harris says that stories of people on hospital waiting lists are “absolutely inexcusable”.
• Barack Obama is to get the freedom of Dublin, but not every councillor was impressed with the decision.
• Two Irishmen, one understood to be closely linked to the Kinahan drug cartel, were arrested in Amsterdam.
• Arlene Foster says that Gerry Adams has a ‘radical agenda’ for Northern Ireland.
• A woman who won the lottery in 2011, and has been ordered to pay €560,000 of the winnings to her stepson, has had her assets frozen.
• The landlords of a five-bedroom property which housed 70 tenants have been ordered to pay €60,000 in legal costs.
• Leo Varadkar became the first minister to say that Donald Trump shouldn’t be invited to Ireland.
• An Irishman died in Barcelona at the weekend, after falling ill.
• The Pixies and Bell X1 are just two of the bands set for a series of outdoor gigs at Trinity College in July.
• Irish retailers said they didn’t have a good Christmas.
• 140 new jobs are on the way to Kilkenny.

WORLD

David Beckham meeting Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in June 2016 PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#UK: Donald Trump will not be allowed to address the House of Commons according to the house speaker.

#ROMANIA: Half a million Romanians have taken to the street in the biggest protests seen since the fall of communism.

#BECKHAM: Emails relating to a possible knighthood for former footballer David Beckham were leaked after hackers demanded payment.

#VAN DER WESTHUIZEN: Rugby legend and World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen has died aged just 45.

PARTING SHOT

A paddle boarder takes advantage of the waves at Tynemouth, England, this morning.

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