NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Phil Hogan was nominated as Agriculture Commissioner. Here’s how much he could be earning.
- The High Court will decide next week whether to allow construction to resume on two Kilkenny bridges.
- It’s World Suicide Day, and Console says that grieving families should be saved from trial-like inquests.
- Joan Burton is going to clear up confusion around outdoor weddings.
- Fishermen rescued a family of 70 dolphins beached in west Kerry.
- A female taxi driver was threatened with a knife during an attempted hijacking in Derry.
- A 76-year-old woman was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – Ireland’s oldest ever case.
- Cork County Council might ditch the JobBridge scheme – it’s set to vote on it soon.
- More than 60,000 students received their Junior Certificate results today.
- Firefighters tackled a blaze overnight at a building next to Oliver St John Gogarty’s pub in Temple Bar.
- GSOC has stopped trying to find out who leaked bugging information to the Sunday Times.
- A UEFA report was largely positive about Ireland’s Aviva Stadium Euro 2020 bid.
INTERNATIONAL
#SCOTLAND UK leaders took an “unprecedented” step to boost the Scottish campaign, by heading north after pulling out of Prime Minister’s Questions.
#LIBERIA Killer virus Ebola is threatening Liberia’s existence, the country’s Defence Minister said.
#AUSTRALIA A family of five were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Lockhart, New South Wales.
#UKRAINE Russian troops are leaving Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said – adding that it boosts prospects for peace.
#ENVIRONMENT The ozone layer is recovering – but it’s indirectly adding to the problem of global warming.
INNOVATION
- Microsoft is said to be close to buying the makers of open-world game Minecraft, for $2 billion.
- Want to invest in a newer, bigger iPhone 6, but thinking ‘that screen is WAY too big’? Here’s how Apple is making both new phones easier to use. [Geek.com]
PARTING SHOT
You won’t bale-ieve this photo of these Mayo newlyweds… *ahem*. [Irish Farmer's Journal]
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