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IRELAND

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• Alexander Pacteau, 21, was charged with the murder of Karen Buckley.
• Around 1,000 people in Glasgow turned out for a vigil to remember Karen Buckley
• A toddler was airlifted to hospital in Dublin after falling from a first-floor of building.
• Investigation launched after alleged attempted abduction of 7-year-old girl in Dublin. 
• Attackers in Dublin‘threatened to rape man with special needs and set him on fire’.
• Ryanair passengers received a text about a 10.30pm take-off… while they’re onboard at 5pm.
• A teenager has been jailed for 18 months for a racist assault on a law student that caused him to lose sight in one eye.
• William Maughan has been missing since Tuesday.

INTERNATIONAL

#GERMANWINGS: Families of crash victims were told at a memorial: ‘You are not alone in these hours of loneliness’

#MERSEYSIDE: A newborn baby girl was found in an amusement arcade last night.

#MELBOURNE: Police officers posted selfies on a woman’s Facebook page after finding her missing iPhone.

INNOVATION 

• Wikileaks has published thousands of leaked Sony emails. [TheJournal.ie] 
• Instagram is getting tougher with its rules about nudity. From now on there are only three ways it will allow nude photos. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

A Dublin artist’s amazing astronaut mural was approved by Chris Hadfield after it caught his eye when he was in the city last week.

He shared it on Facebook saying, “I felt oddly like the big gloved hand was going to reach out and grab me as I walked by.” [DailyEdge]

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