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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

A man stabbed to death in Tallaght, an Irish woman charged with the murder of her fiancé in Sydney and Leo’s latest take on Enda.

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

IRELAND

Brexit A mock customs post was erected on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland as part of an anti-Brexit protest Niall Carson PA Wire / PA Images Niall Carson PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

INTERNATIONAL

California Storms A Pacific storm is battering California at the moment. This picture was taken at Huntington Beach. Jae C. Hong AP / Press Association Images Jae C. Hong AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#COLD WAR: US Vice President Mike Pence made a speech in Munich today supporting Nato, while the Russian Foreign Minister called for a “new world order” shortly afterwards.

#BELGIUM: At least seven casualties were reported after a train derailed near the Belgian city of Louvain.

#JUMPING THE GUN: North Korea “categorically rejects” the autopsy results for Kim Jong-Nam, even though the results haven’t actually been released yet.

PARTING SHOT

An episode of RTÉ’s Nationwide from 20 years ago has been gaining a lot of notoriety this weekend.

Pint Baby“ has become a phenomenon overnight after RTÉ journalist Cian McCormack shared a small clip on Facebook.

And here Pint Baby is, sure enough, with a pint of the black stuff in his hand.

pint baby RTE Archives RTE Archives

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