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IRELAND

Water protesters marched to Tallaght Garda station today to protest against the arrests of water protesters and the water charges. Sam Boal Sam Boal

• Hundreds turned out in Tallaght to protest over the arrests of 20 anti-water charge activists this week. 
• A man was arrested this morning after the death of a man in Dundalk. However gardaí have now confirmed that they are not treating the death as suspicious. 
• Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after armed men assaulted staff during the robbery of a Dublin bookmakers last night.
• Up to six men were arrested during RAG Week celebrations in Waterford.
• A protest was held outside the gates of Leinster House this afternoon calling for the transgender bill to be amended.
• Aer Lingus has been asked to explain why an IAG takeover would benefit the company after it gave its support to the bid yesterday.
• An Aldi fajita dinner has been recalled over undeclared nuts.

INTERNATIONAL

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#DENMARK: One person has been shot dead in a likely terror attack after gunmen fired on a cafe in Copenhagen as it hosted a free speech event.

#IRAQ: Islamic State suicide bombers have attacked US forces after seizing a town close to their base.

#OXFORDSHIRE: A 40-car pile up on a UK motorway killed one person while dozens more were injured.

INNOVATION 

• Irish singles are loving this app that’s like a modern version of Blind Date. 
• You can now walk around someone’s mind with an Xbox controller.

PARTING SHOT

So apparently you can now trick someone into loving you- and it may actually work.

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According to Geek.com the idea is simple, “With fine enough control over the brain, anybody can be made to fall in love with anybody”.

And they say romance is dead…

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