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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Tidy towns, council houses and UN talks had people talking.

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

Lunar Eclipse A blood red supermoon seen in the skies overnight, created by a lunar eclipse with the moon near to its closest point to the Earth. Danny Lawson / PA Wire/Press Association Images Danny Lawson / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

IRELAND

WORLD

Labour party annual conference 2015 British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn prepares for his first leader's speech at the party's annual conference in Brighton. Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images Gareth Fuller / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

#UN: President Barack Obama attacked Russia and Iran for continuing to support the Syrian regime.

#CATALONIA: Separatists claimed a mandate to break with Spain after pro-independence parties stormed to victory in regional elections.

#UK: Prime Minister David Cameron dismissed claims he put “a private part of his anatomy” into a dead pig’s mouth.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

Netflix published detailed instructions on how create an internet-connected button that will let you order takeaway, dim the lights, turn on the TV, launch Netflix and silence your phone – in just one press. (The Next Web)

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