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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Everybody’s talking about: water charges, Islamic State, arrests for money laundering, and female golfers.

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

IMO - Pre Budget Submission. Pictured Chair of the IMO GP Committee Dr Ray Walley publishing their Pre Budget Submission at Buswells Hotel in Dublin this morning. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

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#AUSTRALIA 800 police have stopped an Islamic State plan to conduct demonstration killings, including a beheading.

#SYRIA Islamic State posted a video of captured British journalist John Cantlie, in which he claims he has been ‘abandoned by his government’.

#SCOTLAND Scottish people are voting on the issue of independence today. Here’s how this morning’s front pages looked.

#USA Obama is set to arm Syrian rebels against Islamic State – but only after receiving Republican support, he said.

INNOVATION

  • Look at the queues for the iPhone 6. Just look at them. [TheJournal.ie]
  • Permits have been issued for the first tests of self-driving cars in California. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

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Love NYC? It’s a pretty amazing place, as the NY Times reports in its profile of 36 hours in Central Park. But some people at Gawker were not impressed with what it says about the park. Who do you agree with?

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