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evening fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Saturday

Maureen O’Hara RIP, emergency landing at Dublin Airport and the abortion pill bus…all in this evening’s news fix.

Updated 21.05

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

IRELAND 

24/10/2015. Bram Stroker festivals Scary Trail. Pi Felix O Conner (5) at the Bram Stroker Festival's Scary Trail in Dublin. Sam Boal Sam Boal

INTERNATIONAL

Mideast Iraq Dressed in costumes, Iraqi Shiite faithful re-enact the 680 A.D. battle of Karbala. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#PATRICIA: The strongest hurricane ever made landfall in Mexico but it caused less damage than was feared.

#FRANCE: Investigators said it could take weeks to identify the victims of a horror crash in Bordeaux that killed 43 people.

#PORTUGAL: Anti-austerity parties won Portugal’s election but they’ve been effectively banned from power by the country’s president.

INNOVATION
PARTING SHOT

Maureen O’Hara, who died today, receiving an Honorory Award from the Oscars in 2014.

Oscars / YouTube

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