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Here's What Happened Today: Monday

RTÉ employee charged with child sex offences, man dead after Offaly stabbing and France beat Ireland (again)- it’s the Fix.

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

IRELAND

offaly stabbing 758A9278_90529864 Pictured are Garda forensics leaving the scene of a fatal stabbing in Edenderry, C Offaly. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

WORLD

NY: New York newspapers report on death of Charles Manson The headlines of both the New York Daily News and the New York Post both report on the the death in prison of serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson. SIPA USA / PA Images SIPA USA / PA Images / PA Images

#USA: Cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson died at the age of 83.

#GERMANY: Angela Merkel’s political future was plunged into doubt after coalition talks failed meaning Germany might have to go back to the polls.

#ZIMBABWE: The fate of President Robert Mugabe is still unknown as the 93-year-old refuses to give up office despite the military coup.

PARTING SHOT

One of the more enduring legacies of Barack Obama’s eight year tenure as president of the United States is his bromance with Vice President Joe Biden.

A lot of users on social media had created memes of the two – with many guessing what the two were saying in any given moment. Here’s a nice example:

Well, now social media users don’t have to wonder any more.

Obama used his own Twitter account to let us all know the bromance is alive and well.

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