Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Equality had people talking today.

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

Gay marriage referendum Drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O'Neill, known by his stage name as Panti Bliss arrives at the Central Count Centre in Dublin Castle. PA Wire / Press Association Images PA Wire / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

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Scotland's First World War Centenary Wood opened Violinist Thoren Ferguson who played a specially written tune entitled 'The Lads of Quintinshill, 1915' on a violin crafted from a sycamore branch sourced from the grounds of Corstophine Hospital in memory of war poet Wilfred Owen after the Princess Royal officially opened Scotland's First World War Centenary Wood in the Peatland Hills near Edinburgh. Jane Barlow Jane Barlow

#SELFIE: A woman in Russia shot herself in the head while taking a selfie.

#19 KIDS AND COUNTING: Reality show 19 Kids and Counting has been pulled from TV after a star admitting molesting girls.

#ISIS: Video has emerged of a city taken by ISIS.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

Vincent Browne presented his show from Dublin’s iconic gay bar The George today. And it was incredible.

To catch up on the top five stories YOU were clicking on through TheJournal.ie and DailyEdge‘s social media feeds, catch up with our editor Susan Daly on RTÉ Radio One Extra’s The Feed. Listen to the whole show here.

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