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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Everyone’s talking about free GP care for under 6s, Clerys and a black rights leader who was outed for not being black.

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

IRELAND 

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INTERNATIONAL 

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#RACHEL DOLEZAL: The black rights leader outed for not being black has quit her job.

#FINLAND: A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her five newborns and hiding them in a freezer.

#SHARKS: Two teenagers lost limbs in two separate shark attacks in North Carolina yesterday.

#MALAYSIA: There’s been an outpouring of support for a top gymnast after she was criticised over her genitalia in a ‘revealing’ outfit.

INNOVATION

  • If you’re an Xbox One owner, your games collection just got a massive boost. 
  • One tech giant manged to teach 3,000 children how to build robots over the last year. [Wired]

PARTING SHOT 

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