The £1.3 billion (about €1.49 billion) station would comprise 16 hydro turbines and a six-mile breakwater wall.

The company behind it says the station would generate electricity for 155,000 homes for the next 120 years.

A disqualified driver who was pursued down the M50 by 10 garda patrol cars, reaching speeds of up 200 kilometres per hour, has been given a five-and-a-half year sentence.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Andrew Allen (38) had recently been warned by gardaí that his life was in danger and said he panicked when an unmarked garda patrol car signalled him to pull over.

Joe Biden was reduced to tears as US President Barack Obama awarded his nation's highest honour to his loyal deputy. http://jrnl.ie/3184137f

There are currently a number of weather warnings in place:

- A status orange snow-ice warning for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
- A status yellow snow-ice warning for Munster, Leinster, Galway and Roscommon
- A status yellow gale warning on coastal waters and the Irish Sea

Transition Year student Andrew Nash has created an equation that can recognise a Cork accent.

This isn't just for kicks: his research could help improve voice recognition technology like Siri: http://jrnl.ie/3181383f

Residents leaving Apollo House, snow and how the FBI handled Hillary Clinton's email server had everyone talking today.

Need to catch up? Here's the evening fix.

Minister Simon Coveney says the government is eager to continue battling homelessness and opening up more emergency beds http://jrnl.ie/3178291f

The US Justice Department's inspector general has announced he will launch an investigation into the department and FBI's actions in the months leading up to the 2016 election.

Democrats have blamed FBI Director James Comey's handling of an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and his late-October release of a letter about the case as among the reasons for her loss to Republican Donald Trump.

No cars or buses will be allowed. Just pedestrians.

'You see so many people willing to sleep on the street than go into a hostel. You start going to yourself, what's wrong with the system?'

Glen Hansard, a key supporter of the Apollo House occupation, on what sparked his desire to help: http://jrnl.ie/3183091f

As a nation, here's what we watched in 2016 - The Toy Show, sport and Mrs Brown's Boys.

Stephen Kavanagh wants to encourage passengers who deliver 'margin' to his airline.

The law is struggling to keep pace with the rise of robots.