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The Evening Fix... now with added Christopher Walken
Here’s the things we learned, shared and loved today.
HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps.
THINGS WE LEARNED
#CHILD SEX ABUSE: The State should monitor all Catholic dioceses closely until there has been a “substantial” improvement in child protection practices – that’s according to an audit of the Catholic Church in Ireland carried out by the HSE.
#JOBSWATCH: Bookmakers Paddy Power is to create 600 new jobs in Dublin over the next three years.
#CHILDCARE: Around 3,300 childcare facilities around the country are to be asked to start displaying their prices in a bid to bring some transparency into the sector.
#NOBEL: Chinese author Mo Yan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
#CROKE PARK: Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin is considering incorporating public sector allowances into core pay.
#FACEBOOK: Facebook avoided paying higher corporation taxes in Britain last year – by attributing most of its UK revenues to Ireland.
THINGS WE LOVED
- Here are police officers in South Korea doing the Gangnam Style dance in the stands ahead of the Korean Grand Prix for no apparent reason:
- Loud cheers and tobacco spits for Eamon McElwee who had this entry for our Leo Varadkar-themed caption competition today:
I don’t know what a tracker mortgage is! Am I in the right ad?
THINGS WE SHARED
- How much does this 16th century painting look like Christopher Walken? A lot. It looks a LOT like him.
- It can be good to know you’ve got a big sister looking out for you, even if you don’t want to hear the advice. Here’s a kid telling her two-year-old brother that he needs to toughen up a bit:
(Video: Lee O’Donoghue/YouTube)
