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Today’s top stories in 6 seconds

Don’t have time to mull over the news? Here’s everything you need to know.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

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1. Tom Meagher says Irish people need to examine how they look at violence against women.

2. A police officer won’t be charged over the shooting of a teen in Ferguson - leading to violent protests.

3. A baby was thrown to safety from a house fire in Dublin.

4. Gerry Adams apologised for using the word ‘bastards’ when talking about some unionists.

5. Another apology, this time from John Delaney for singing a Republican song.

6. Lee Rigby’s killers were tracked by MI5 before his death.

Main pic: Demonstrators protest in Oakland, California after grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)