Here’s What Happened Today: Saturday

A plan to tackle rents from Labour, more water protests, a Russian opposition leader shot dead … and a White House invitation for Stephanie Roche.

Water Protest. Pictured (Center) Abiga Abigail Daly from Co Limerick (6) shelters from the rain at a protest outside the Labour conference in Kerry. Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

Alan Kelly has been talking up a plan to tackle high rents, at the Labour conference in Killarney
Meanwhile, hundreds protested – both outside the Labour event, and in Dublin
Micheál Martin launched an attack on ‘Enda the Fireman‘
Two weather warnings came into effect.
Jan O’Sullivan said she’d press ahead with junior cycle reforms.
Revenue apologised to pensioners after a tax blunder.
A man was held for questioning over a Ballyfermot shooting.
Loyalist campaigner Willie Frazer said it was ‘all systems go’ ahead of his planned Dublin march
Stephanie Roche got an invitation to the White House.

WORLD

Russia Opposition Leader Killed A woman lays flowers at the place where Boris Nemtsov was shot dead. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down while walking in sight of the Kremlin.

#UK: Two people have been arrested by police investigating the disappearance of a teenager who’s been missing for more than a week.

#ZIMBABWE: A lavish birthday celebration for President Robert Mugabe has been condemned as “obscene”.

INNOVATION

After a “ton of feedback” Google has changed its mind about forcing sexually explicit blogs on its Blogger platform to become private [BBC]
And check out how ‘Modern Family’ filmed an entire episode with iPhones, iPads and MacBooks [Buzzfeed Tech]

PARTING SHOT

Thought William Shatner was the only Star Trek star to try their hand at singing (or whatever it was Shatner was doing here).

Here’s the late Leonard Nimoy rattling his way through a jaunty little tune about The Hobbit…

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