IRELAND
- The Dáil was suspended three times in one hour.
- Mary Lou McDonald accused the Government of inaction on abuse claims.
- Republican Bobby Storey was questioned over the Jean McConville case.
- The HSE was given an extra €115 million in funding.
- Irish Water got something horrible in the post.
- Planned laws were announced, which would mean electronic tagging for some sex offenders.
- There were concerns for a missing woman, who police described as “vulnerable”.
- One man took a novel approach to job hunting.
- And the guy called ‘moron‘ by a TD had a classy response.
WORLD
#BRAZIL: Football legend Pele was moved to a ‘special care’ unit at a Sao Paulo hospital.
#RIP: Crime writer PD James died. She was 94.
#PHIL HUGHES: And Cricket Ireland paid tribute to Australian star Phil Hughes, who died after being hit by a ball.
INNOVATION
- The European Parliament has voted to break up Google.
- And the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army is claiming to have hacked a number of well-known sites, including the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. [Guardian]
PARTING SHOT
The Obama daughters weren’t really buying into their dad’s whole ‘turkey pardoning’ business last night…
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