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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

More arrests over Clonsilla mistaken identity shooting, zoo animals cause chaos in Georgia, Rolf Harris’s prison song, and water shortages in Dublin.

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

IRELAND

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  • Two more people were arrested in the investigation into Friday’s Clonsilla shooting.
  • A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Wicklow Gap road.
  • Clerys workers planned their next steps.
  • There were more problems with the Lotto machines.
  • Leo Varadkar said he couldn’t intervene in the case of an Irish girl in a UK psychiatric hospital. 
  • A teenager was arrested after a man was left critical in a Donegal assault.
  • There were water shortages in Dublin.
  • A 14-year-old girl missing from Meath was found safe and well. 
  • And thousands of people took part in the ‘Street Feast

INTERNATIONAL

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#GEORGIA: Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures.

#UK: Victims of Rolf Harris were said to be “totally distraught” after he reportedly penned a prison song calling them ‘slimy little woodworm’.

#SPACE: And after a seven month nap, the tiny Philae probe has woken up and made contact with Earth.

INNOVATION

  • What’s the best way to keep your identity safe online? The experts weigh in[Business Insider] 
  • How has technology changed the way music is made? Metronomy have been testing out some of the most advanced gear available for The Guardian

PARTING SHOT

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To catch up on the top five stories YOU were clicking on through TheJournal.ie and DailyEdge‘s social media feeds, catch up with our deputy editor Christine Bohan on RTÉ Radio One Extra’s The Feed. Listen to the show here.

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