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Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday

Everybody’s talking about the Maíria Cahill scandal, Positive Action’s expenses and the tragic deaths in Donegal…

Updated 23.00pm

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

BLOOD: NOT FOR THE FAINT H Carmel O'Brien looking at Mexican/Canadian artist Rafael Lozano Hemmer's work at the Science Gallery's new exhibition. Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

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#CANADA: The Sergeant-at-Arms who shot the Canadian gunman got a standing ovation in Parliament.

#US: A man who jumped the White House fence has been charged with kicking two police dogs.

#ITALY: Two men who engaged in a “long and passionate” kiss during a demonstration have been charged with breach of the peace.

#GERMANY: The teenage girls that were stopped at German airport over suspicions they were joining the Islamic State group say they were promised good homes and husbands.

INNOVATION

  • This designer has come up with a way to get rid of streets lights that illuminate roads. [Washington Post]
  • When the biggest shark known to science went extinct it may have triggered whales to grow to their current hefty sizes. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

If you think your Halloween costume is going to be scary this year, take a look at these terrifying Halloween outfits from long ago. [Huffington Post]

First published 9pm

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