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IRISH

• A golden gun was among the dissident arms seizures displayed by gardaí today.
• The abortion debate continues with a vote expected late tonight.
• Speaking of debate, Lucinda Creighton voted against the government in the Dáil.
• And figures showed at least 21 women from every county in Ireland had an abortion in the UK last year.
• A 10-year-old boy drowned off the coast of Cork.
• Two people were arrested after the fatal stabbing of a 56-year-old man in Dublin.
• A Fine Gael TD apologised for pulling a female colleague onto his lap in the Dáil.
• Crimestoppers issued a renewed appeal on the 1987 murder of Antoinette Smith in Dublin.
• Pfizer will create up to 250 new construction jobs
• JobBridge cost €54m last year.
• James Joyce and Samuel Beckett are to join the Naval Service.

WORLD

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#CANADA: 20 people are dead and 30 are still missing after an explosive train crash in Quebec. [AFP]

#SOUTH AFRICA: Nelson Mandela is responding well to treatment. [AFP]

#EGYPT: The US will move forward with plans to hand over four fighter jets to Egypt. [BBC]

#BOSTON: DNA could now link the self-confessed Boston Strangler to the last of the 1960s murders. [AP]

INNOVATION

Apple was found guilty of conspiring with book publishers to raise ebook prices. [The Guardian]

Global personal computer sales are seeing the longest decline in history. [BBC]

PARTING SHOT

Greenpeace protestors scaled London’s 72-storey Shard tower, calling for Shell to abandon its oil drilling in the Arctic. [Channel 4 News]

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