NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- A building in the centre of Dublin has been occupied by a homeless group that is looking to house two families.
- Gardaí have claimed that child abuse investigations were delayed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
- Irish airline Ryanair has pulled its one Copenhagen-based aircraft out of the city due to a dispute with workers.
- UPC Ireland has agreed a deal to fund a buyout of TV3 for €80 million.
- A Delta Plane was required to make an emergency landing in Shannon Airport after earlier today.
- A Fine Gael TD has hit out at people “stacking up their trolleys with drink”.
- Young people have been spotted jumping from four storeys up at Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock.
- The funeral for the Athlone couple killed in last week’s Tunisia attack has taken place.
- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a fatal traffic collision on Dublin’s North Wall Quay this morning.
INTERNATIONAL
#GREECE: There have been reports of stun grenades being used in the country to counteract protesters.
#FRANCE: The country has been locked into a minor dispute with Julian Assange over whether he asked for political asylum or not.
#HONG KONG: A plan was tabled in the early 1980s to move the population of Hong Kong to Northern Ireland. Somehow it didn’t pan out.
INNOVATION
An Irishwoman who invented ‘Hassle’, an app that has been described as ‘Hailo for cleaners’, has pocketed €32 million from its sale.
PARTING SHOT
Ever wondered what it is that makes a camel beautiful? Vice has travelled to Abu Dhabi to try and find out. [Vice]
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