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Here’s What Happened Today: Saturday

O’Donovan Rossa and two plane crashes in England had everyone talking today.

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

IRELAND

01/07/2015. 01/07/2015. Sinn Fein Commemoration - Sinn Féin's O'Donovan Rossa funeral reenactment. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

Oulton Park plane crash Chris Evans speaks to the media close to Oulton Park, Cheshire, after a pilot was killed when an aircraft taking part in an aerial show plummeted to the ground in front of horrified spectators. PA Images PA Images

#CHESHIRE A pilot died in a crash that took place during an air display at a car festival

#BIN LADEN The plane that crashed near Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire yesterday, killing four people, is believed to belong to the family of Osama bin Laden

#PALESTINE A Palestinian toddler was burnt to death in an arson attack by suspected Jewish settlers

#NEW YORK The woman who called an ambulance for Bono when he broke his arm in a bicycle accident last year has been booed at a U2 concert

INNOVATION

  • Here’s our pick of the best apps worth downloading this week 
  • A South Korean start-up tech company is developing the world’s first Braille smartwatch [IFLScience]
  • Should more businesses be looking to Uber’s innovation in order to grow? [Forbes]

 

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