Your roundup of what made the headlines.
IRELAND Brendan Gleeson The Rock of Cashel lighting up in green for Samaritans’ 'Longest Night' campaign, which highlights how Samaritans volunteers are there for everyone this Christmas. Brendan Gleeson
#UKRAINE Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Washington on his first foreign trip since Russia’s invasion, with US leaders hailing him as “heroic” and pledging to provide new missile defence systems.#TALIBAN Hundreds of young women have been stopped by armed guards from entering Afghan university campuses, a day after the nation’s Taliban rulers banned them from higher education in another assault on human rights.
#KOONALDACAVE A sacred artwork in South Australia that is believed to be around 30,000 years old has been destroyed by vandals. PARTING SHOT Visitors re-entered Newgrange chamber during the winter solstice for first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.