NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- We almost have a government – after 63 days of talks Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agreed a deal
- A man was injured in a hit-and-run in Cork
- Gardaí believe a teenager missing from the UK may be in Ireland
- Irish Water is probably the country’s least reputable brand
- Luas drivers are getting their pay cut by 10% from today
- A man’s body was found in Stephen’s Green park
- Irish charity Goal is under US investigation for alleged mismanagement in Syria
- Here’s why the weather has been so cold this week
- A pedestrian died after being knocked down by a van in Dublin
- Gardaí began excavating a south Dublin garden in a search for ‘dead babies’
- A Cork family appealed for their daughter to be allowed use a cannabis-based medicine
- Lynn Ruane spoke about her journey to the Seanad
- A court heard that David Mahon ‘fled the scene’ after his stepson was stabbed
- An American surgeon who has dementia brought drugs to Ireland after ‘falling for an internet scam’
WORLD
#NORWAY 11 people were killed in a helicopter crash.
#AUSTRALIA A refugee died after setting himself on fire in a ‘political protest’
#NORTH KOREA A US citizen got 10 years of hard labour for ‘spying’
#USA White powder was sent to Donald Trump, but was deemed safe
INNOVATION
- Want to earn a few bob? Get a job as a Snapchat intern – they get $10,000 a month. [The Guardian]
- Can SpaceX really land on Mars? ArsTechnica asked an engineer, and he said: Yes. [ArsTechnica]
PARTING SHOT
The man who wrote the infamous ice-cream truck jingle has died. Here’s the story of Les Waas. [Washington Post]
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