vandalised with red paint. 24 November – Around 50 flights were impacted by an air traffic control radar fault at Dublin Airport. 25 November – The Taoiseach was one of 27 European Union leaders who endorsed the Brexit deal at a summit in Brussels. 26 November A rape trial at the Central Criminal Court collapsed, following what the judge in the case described as "unprecedented media coverage" in the Irish Independent. Former MEP Dana Rosemary Scallon settled her legal action against the Sunday World after the newspaper falsely stated that she engaged in a cover up of child abuse. 27 November – A review of the bidding process for the National Broadband Plan found that ex-minister Denis Naughten did not jeopardise or influence it. 29 November – Hurling and camogie were officially recognised by UNESCO as protected cultural activities. December 1 December – Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin in the latest campaign to highlight Ireland's housing crisis. 3 December – More than eight million cigarettes were seized by Revenue officers at Dublin Port. 5 December A report on a review of 46,000 radiology scans at University Hospital Kerry found that 11 patients had their cancer diagnoses delayed and four of these patients later died. A 66-year-old Irish lecturer was killed after being stabbed by a former student at a university in the Paris suburbs. 6 December – Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer won a legal action against the Garda Commissioner and the State over data from mobile phones. 7 December – The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, said he will extend the HPV vaccine to boys following recommendations by HIQA. 9 December – A Garda was hospitalised after an early-morning attack by two men, aged in their 30s and 60s, in Castlerea. 10 December – The annual Climate Change Performance Index deemed Ireland the worst country in the European Union on climate action for the second year in a row. 12 December – Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said his party will guarantee the Government can continue throughout 2019 and an election may be held early in 2020. 13 December Áras An Uachtaráin published the details of a €317,000 annual allowance provided to the Office of the President. The Termination of Pregnancy Bill passed all stages of the Oireachtas. 14 December The Taoiseach said he was satisfied with the conclusions agreed at the European Council, which said