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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

The rain, the Dáil stand-off and Russell Brand: Here’s what everyone’s been talking about today.

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

Autumn weather Nov 13th 2014 This guy went swimming in Portmarnock today. Brian Lawless Brian Lawless

IRELAND

WORLD

Turkey Syria Syrian Kurdish refugee children from the Kobani area, hold hands at a camp in Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#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

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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