NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
Ireland
- Socialist Party TD Ruth Coppinger said the country may be heading towards a unofficial day of general strike over water charges.
- A five-metre tall steel cross on top of Carrauntoohil has been cut down with an angle-grinder.
- Support for Fine Gael has fallen by 4% in the last month according a new opinion poll.
- The DUP politician who mocked the Irish language earlier this month has said he would treat a proposed Irish Language Act “as no more than toilet paper”.
- The union representing about 40,000 electrical and engineering workers says it will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to get a 5% pay rise.
- There were anti-water charge protests in Waterford, Wexford and Jobstown.
- Medical staff left for Sierra Leone today to man the first Irish-run Ebola treatment centre in the region.
- Bertie Ahern made an appearance on the front page of the South China Morning Post.
- The Irish Rugby team secured a tight win over Australia but Ireland’s International Rules team couldn’t prevail despite a strong fightback.
International
#LONDON: A suspected gas explosion at a London hotel 14 injured people.
#DEADLY: An outbreak of bubonic plague has killed 40 people on the African island of Madagascar.
#COSBY: Bill Cosby was applauded by an audience at a show in Florida last night despite allegations of sexual assault.
Innovation
- A new Android texting app will let your recipient see the message you’re writing live as you type it.
- Google has unveiled a project that offers web users the option to pay to visit sites rather than see adverts. [BBC]
Parting Shot
Dublin, you’re looking only gorgeous in this photo sent in by Fergal O’Halloran.
have your say