NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news..
IRELAND
- A video Fine Gael made giving advice to their members on how to canvass came to light.
- Protesters in both Cork and Dublin disrupted the installation of water meters.
- Teachers have said that they have to take more notes about relationships, behaviour and possible bullying and warn that it’s too much.
- More election poster trouble, this time both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil are blocking traffic lights.
- The Government is to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the EU to get a work permit.
- Children with mental health problems are being kept in conditions and wards that are “not suitable for residents”.
- PhoneWatch is to create 230 jobs in Dublin, Cork and ten other regional offices.
- The Government launched a new climate change plan, but it didn’t go down well with environmental groups.
- Just four counties in Ireland have more disposable income than average.
INTERNATIONAL
#UKRAINE: The United States is to send troops to the region as Ukraine prepares a fresh assault on pro-Russian militants.
#NEKNOMINATION: A man who drank a goldfish as part of a Neknomination in the UK has been prosecuted and fined.
#RIP: The brother of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, has died after sustaining a serious head injury following a fall in New York.
INNOVATION
- Fancy a trip back in time? More than seven years worth of Google Street View images are now available to look at.
- As it continues its move into original programming, Netflix is to make its first ever show in Spanish. It will be about a family who inherit a football team. [Time]
PARTING SHOT
28 years ago today, Coca-Cola replaced their secret formula with a new flavour. Despite pre-release testing which found people preferred the new recipe, there was a public outcry and cases of “old” Coke were even being hoarded. Some called it a business blunder, others called it marketing genius. The company recalled today exactly what happened.
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