A participant of the gothic music festival Wave Gothic Festival in Leipzig, central Germany. About 20,000 members of the scene from all over the world are expected to attend the gothic and ‘dark’ culture festival until May 20, 2013. Pic: AP Photo/Jens Meyer

HERE ARE THE things we learned, loved and shared today as we round off the day in three easy steps.

THINGS WE LEARNED

#ARREST A man was arrested today in connection with the shooting of a 32-year-old man at Ballyboggin Industrial Estate in Cabra last Wednesday. The man (46) is being detained in Finglas Garda Station and gardaí continue to appeal for information on the incident.

#ASSAULT A girl aged 14 was punched, kicked and robbed by three male teens in Belfast last Thursday night, police said today. They have released a description of the males, and also asked for a female who came to the assistance of the victim to contact them.

#MARRIAGE France has become the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage, after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law. It came folllowing months of bitter political debate and a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. The bill also legalises gay adoption.

#GARDA The wives of murdered detective gardaí Adrian Donohoe and Garda Jerry McCabe met and embraced today at the Garda Memorial Day at Dublin Castle. Caroline Donohoe was presented with a Remembrance Medal by the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, and the Garda Comissioner, Martin Callinan, at the event.

#SEANAD The Constitutional Convention voted today not to write to the Taoiseach to ask if it can discuss the upcoming referendum on the abolition of the Seanad. The No vote was 57 per cent while the Yes vote was 41 per cent.

#NORTH KOREA North Korea launched three short-range missiles today, which landed in the Sea of Japan. The missiles were launched as part of a military drill and come as US and South Korean forces remain on heightened alert for a missile test amid tensions triggered by February’s nuclear test.

A Brazilian Naval Tall Ship entering Dublin Port today. Pic: Donnchadh Mac Cobb

THINGS WE LOVED

• Anna Ford writes about older women on TV, questioning why the number of them is so low, and describing the sexism she has experienced in her almost 40-year-long career.
• Stuart Murray ‘bumps intae’ a lot of folk in Glasgow. Then he goes home and draws them, and the results are rather wonderful. (Contains some strong language)
• One of our favourite photoblogs is Humans of New York. When its creator, Brandon Stanton, journeyed to Iran to photograph people there, he found his misconceptions shattered and his heart lifted.

THINGS WE SHARED

• Photographer Arne Svenson invoked controversy with his latest series, Neighbours, where he captured his neighbours through their windows, without their knowledge. He defended his photographs on the CNN website.
• A new documentary about the intriguing cult author JD Salinger (Catcher in the Rye) is due out soon, and the Guardian tells us more about what we can expect.
• What is the price of pacificism? This Independent article looks at conscientious objection from when it first emerged to its impact on people during the World Wars – and finds out what happened to those who stood up for their anti-war beliefs.
• Smiles, hugs and tears… here’s what happened when the members of the 107th Infantry Batallion from the United Nation’s interim force in Lebanon returned to Ireland after six months abroad:

(DFMagazine/YouTube)

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