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Anti-water charge protesters take part in a march, organised by the Cork Says No group. Niall Carson Niall Carson

IRISH

• Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets today to march against water charges. 
• Siptu says it wants the minimum wage to be increased.
• An orca washed up on a beach in Waterford.
• Tributes were paid to journalist Colm Rapple who died after a short illness.
• The Mansion House in Dublin celebrated its 300th birthday.
• A man is in a critical condition after being shot at a fast food restaurant in Belfast.
• The Lord Mayor of Dublin has described his role in helping senior IRA figures escape prison in a helicopter.
• The people of Waterford have called a spate of crimes in the city as “an attack on the fabric of a community”.
• The government is looking at blocking mobile phone signals in prisons.

People arrive to the main square of Madrid. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#SPAIN: Thousands of people were out in Madrid in support of the new anti-austerity party Podemos.

#GREECE: The new government have rejected fresh loans, but Germany has ruled out further debt relief.

#PAKISTAN: A suicide bomb was detonated at a mosque, killing six people.

#AUSTRALIA: Serena Williams has won her sixth Australian Open.

#UK: Miss Marple actress Geraldine McEwan died.

INNOVATION

• This is what bone cancer looks like as it takes over the body. [New Scientist]
  
• Allergic to peanuts. Here’s some good news for you. [The Atlantic]

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