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

Enda Kenny canvasses in Dublin [Photocall Ireland]

IRELAND

• The body of missing Peggy Mangan was found in Ballymun.
• Enda Kenny said ‘no’ to a TV Seanad debate invitation.
• Four people appeared in court over this month’s fatal Leicester fire.
• A teenage girl was knocked down and killed in Stillorgan.
• Around a thousand people took part in a pro-choice march.
• Two men were injured in Tyrone stabbings.
• Eamon Gilmore took part in UN talks.
• Magdalene survivors launched an oral history project.
• The cost of setting up the property tax was revealed.
• And, of course, there was the small matter of the All Ireland Hurling Final.

INTERNATIONAL

#IRAN: A shoe was thrown at the Iranian president in reaction to his historic phone call with Barack Obama.

#SYRIA: The UN voted to order the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons.

#ENGLAND: Margaret Thatcher’s ashes were laid to rest in a private ceremony.

#INDONESIA: Miss World was crowned, amid heightened security, following protests.

INNOVATION

• The NSA has admitted workers used spying tools to snoop on their exes.[Huffington Post]
• Could the ban on using your phone while airborne be lifted? [Guardian]
• Planning a weekend cinema trip? Techradar has some nice advice.

PARTING SHOT

Have a little spare cash?

[Image: Savagejungle.com]

Over at Buzzfeed, they’ve tracked down seven private islands “that cost less than a flat in London”.

A pretty big flat, but still…

Originally posted at 8.34pm

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