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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

The bank guarantee, calorie counts, and trolls had everyone talking today.

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

IRISH

1601073_1542719075979914_2649898084784065029_n A photo taken atop Mount Brandon on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry that has gone viral five years after it was taken. Kerry Airport Should Be Renamed Tom Crean's Airport / Máire Criomhthain Kerry Airport Should Be Renamed Tom Crean's Airport / Máire Criomhthain / Máire Criomhthain

WORLD

Mideast Israel Starlings A murmuration of starlings seen in the Negev Desert near Rahat, southern Israel. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#AUSTRALIA: An Irish man allegedly punched by his own brother was discharged from hospital.

#GREECE: There has been no new agreement on the country’s attempts to revise their bailout programme. [Ekathimerini]

#MIDDLE EAST: Jordanian jets launched new attacks on IS. [BBC News]

#TAIWAN: Rescuers searched for 12 people still missing following yesterday’s plane crash.

#UNITED KINGDOM: Gary Glitter was found guilty of child sex charges.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

“Mr. Daly — who thinks he is in his early 70s but does not know precisely because, he says, the priest who kept such records drank a lot — has been thinking about love most of his life.” – This is the story of one of Ireland’s last traditional matchmakers. [New York Times]