Here are the top stories you need to know this morning.
- The Cork soldier who was critically injured in last week's attack on UNIFIL troops in Lebanon is on his way back to Ireland from Beirut. Private Shane Kearney from Killeagh is being medically evacuated and will arrive at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel today.
- Nobody's beyond the reach of the law. That's the message from Justice Minister, Simon Harris, after the violent gang feud in Rathkeale in County Limerick intensified.
- Fewer on street car parking spaces and a 20 per cent reduction in car journeys are targets set out in the new Climate Action Plan. Ministers will be asked to approve cross-sectoral targets at a meeting this afternoon.
- For the first time in two years a lucky few will be able to witness the Winter Solstice at Newgrange when the sun rises this morning. The event had been streamed since the Covid lockdown.
