NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- It rained. A lot.
- Mary Lou McDonald was suspended from the Dáil but wouldn’t leave. The situation then got a little out of hand.
- Russell Brand is an anti-water charge protester.
- The government got caught doing its homework on Google Translate.
- An 11-month-old baby died of meningitis.
- Irish scientists may have found something really important in the search for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease.
- Prices for alcohol, tobacco and dining out have all gone up over the past year.
- The Defence Forces is investigating a video that reportedly shows a soldier being given electric shocks by colleagues.
- A woman has settled a case for €38,000 with the pharmacy which allowed her husband to watch CCTV footage of her buying a pregnancy test. [RTÉ News]
- The New York Times spent 36 hours in Dublin. And it was just lovely.
WORLD
#EUROPE He’s changed his mind. Jean-Claude Juncker now wants to end those tax loopholes his country rubber-stamped during his time in charge.
#FRANCE A tiger is on the loose in Paris.
#QATAR FIFA cleared Qatar of any wrongdoing because officials “did not compromise integrity of World Cup bidding process as a whole”.
#ISLAMIC STATE The so-called Islamic State group has released an audio file of its leader calling for “volcanoes of jihad”.
INNOVATION
- The Philae lander is facing some settling-in problems at its new home on 67P. It may stuck under a cliff with one leg dangling in space.
- Have you read Facebook’s privacy policy? “Ha! Good one,” you say. That may be about to change.
PARTING SHOT
In light of the Ched Evans controversy – he’s the convicted rapist and footballer who is set to resume training with Sheffield Wednesday – Nick Miller in the Guardian asks: If not rape, what gets footballers sacked?
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