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Indian bodybuilders perform before Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation during a function to mark 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
HERE ARE THE things we learned, loved and shared today.
THINGS WE LEARNED:
#MURDER: A murder investigation is underway in Co Cork after a post-mortem examination showed that a woman who was thought to have died in a house fire had actually “died in violent circumstances”. Olivia Dunlea, 36, was found in the house at Passage West after the emergency services were called in the early hours of Sunday morning.
#PROMISSORY NOTES: The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) has told MEPs the institution has not yet considered whether the promissory note arrangements between the Central Bank of Ireland and the Irish government are in breach of European law. Appraisals are usually carried out when the ECB’s annual report is compiled in spring each year, which could indicate that no authoritative test will be undertaken for another 12 months.
#JOBS: Drugs company GlaxoSmithKline has announced it is to close a unit in Cork, with the loss of 94 jobs. Meanwhile, Facebook is to create more than 100 new jobs in Dublin, with positions including corporate communications, data, developer relations, sales, administration and user operations advertised on its website.
#GRANDPARENTS: A new Bill legislating for the rights of grandparents to apply for access to children is to introduce a definition of the term in child guardianship law. The Rights of Grandparents Bill 2013 will change the current obligation on grandparents to have to apply to court for leave before applying for access to their grandchildren in circumstances where access is denied.
#BELGIUM: Belgium’s ‘most hated-man’ Marc Dutroux has been denied early release after applying to be released under house arrest with an electronic tag to monitor his movements. Dutroux was jailed for life in 2004 for the kidnap and rape between June 1995 and August 1996 of six young and teenage girls, four of whom died.
Visitor’s Assistant Hilal Ozelci views Roy Lichtenstein’s sculpture Galatea 1990, during the press preview for Lichtenstein: A Retrospective at Tate Modern, London. (Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
THINGS WE LOVED:
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THINGS WE SHARED:
A model displays an Autumn/Winter design by Francis Montesinos during Madrid’s Fashion Week, in Madrid, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
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