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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everyone’s talking about a gangland murder in Dublin, #Repealthe8th and revulsion at the killing of James Foley.

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

IRELAND

Andy Connors Saggart shooting Gardai at the scene of the shooting dead of crime figure Andy Connors. Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland Laura Hutton / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

 

INTERNATIONAL

Syria Journalist American journalist James Foley who was killed by Islamic State fighters in Iraq. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#JAMES FOLEY: US authorities have confirmed that the man beheaded in a video by the Islamic State group was missing journalist James Foley.

#RIP: BKS Iyenger, the Indian yoga guru is credited bringing the practice to the western world died aged 95.

#ICELAND: Tourists near the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland have been evacuated as the risk of eruption increases.

#US: The co-founder of the ice bucket challenge died in a diving accident in Nantucket.

INNOVATION

  • You should take five minutes out of your time to activate the Find my Phone function. Really, you should
  • Samsung are to make the ”first-ever full-featured Android tablet optimised for reading” for US retailed Barnes & Noble. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

Fidel Castro smoking a Cuban cigar with Nikita Khruschev, children playing with hyperinflated currency in Weimer Germany and IRA fighters in the 1970s. Here’s a collection of rare historical photos and the stories behind them.

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