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Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

Another twist in the Luas dispute, more government talks and the death of David Gest.

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

IRELAND

image1 A reader sent in this great shot of Ballybunion beach, Co Kerry. Frankie Shanley captured the image earlier this evening. Frankie Shanley Frankie Shanley

INTERNATIONAL

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#LONDON: Music producer David Gest was found dead at a London hotel.
#AMSTERDAM: Military police arrested a man and are conducting an investigation at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after a report of a “suspicious situation”.
#CALIFORNIA: Three young Irish women who rented the Berkeley apartment where a balcony collapse killed six people last summer are suing the apartment owners and managers for emotional distress.
#GERMANY: A rail dispatcher was playing a game on his phone shortly before two trains he was in charge of collided in February, killing 11 people, prosecutors said.
#LONDON: A man who suspected his wife was having an affair has been found guilty of her murder.
#US: A judge ruled that Led Zeppelin’s iconic song Stairway to Heaven may be partly stolen.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

KildareStreet.com has created a calculator that shows how much it’s costing taxpayers while politicians try to hammer out a deal on forming a new government.

Note: They are technically still doing their jobs.

Comments have been disabled because of ongoing legal proceedings in a number of the stories mentioned above. 

Originally published at 9pm