NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Thousands turned out in Limerick today to protest against water charges.
- Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said Mairia Cahill’s case has been unfairly politicised.
- Gardaí have issued an appeal to find a man in relation to a sexual assault in west Dublin.
- Galway County Council has called on the Government to suspend water charges.
- John Gilligan’s former estate is now back in business as an elite show jumping centre.
- Temple Bar’s cobbled streets are under threat as women wearing stilettos can’t walk on them.
INTERNATIONAL
#EBOLA: A Dallas nurse who is cured of the disease got a hug from US President Barack Obama.
#EGYPT: The country has declared a state of emergency in Sinai after a bomb killed 30 soldiers.
#GUNMAN: The student who opened fire at his high school in Seattle yesterday was a homecoming prince.
#AUSTRALIA: Transplants using ‘dead hearts’ have been successful.
INNOVATION
- Google knows almost everything about how you shop…yes really! [TheJournal.ie]
- The world record for the highest skydive ever has just been broken by a Google exec…as if knowing about our shopping habits wasn’t enough! [Wired.com]
PARTING SHOT
Photographer Alejandro Almaraz has merged portraits of government leaders together.
Here’s what British Prime Ministers from 1952-2008 look like when superimposed:
The US, France and even North Korea leaders are also superimposed in separate pieces.
It’s part of a series called Portraits of Power.
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