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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

The O’Higgins Report debated, strikes called off and Ulster Bank selling mortgages – it’s the daily fix.

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

download (4) Gardaí and anti-water charges protesters involved in a minor scuffle outside the gates of Leinster House today Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

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Urban foxes An urban fox cub emerges from its den to look for food near Tynemouth on North Tyneside in England. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#SWEDEN: A Stockholm District Court court maintained a European arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape allegation, rejecting his lawyers’ request to have it lifted.

#HAWAII: An Irish man was among five people who died when a skydiving plane crashed in Hawaii.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

Love Game of Thrones? Then you’ll LOVE Game of Molds.

Here’s the opening sequence of the popular tv show recreated using slime molds. Yep.

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On Snapchat: It’s National Fish and Chips Day! We headed down to a real life Italian chipper in the heart of Dublin to find out what makes the perfect 1 + 1.

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