NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Ireland rugby legend Dr Jack Kyle died, aged 88.
- A Stormont committee found Iris Robinson committed a “serious breach” of conduct.
- Joan Burtonhad another pop at Sinn Féin.
- While Michael Noonan said the USC was here to stay.
- Teachers refused to back down from their planned strike.
- A new report revealed the details of the August Tapir attack at Dublin Zoo.
- This FG councillor called for a Portland-style cycling greenway in Dublin.
- Loose pigs caused some trouble near Barack Obama Plaza.
- And we all prepared ourselves for the Late Late Toy Show.
WORLD
#MASSACRE: 120 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a suicide-bomb and gun attack at a mosque in Nigeria.
#ARE YOU GOING TO THE SHOPS? People went crazy for Black Friday.
#RELAX: There are four Russian warships in the English Channel — but apparently it’s nothing to worry about.
INNOVATION
- Like “engaging with Shakespeare” … A UK report urges social media firms to simplify their terms and conditions. [BBC]
- And apparently ‘selfie sticks‘ are causing some problems in Japan. [Buzzfeed]
PARTING SHOT
Heading to the US on a ‘singles holiday’? Silly question, of course you are.
Anyway, this fascinating interactive map shows the ratio of single people in each American state.
Now who said stats were boring?
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