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Riot police extinguish burning tires set by Bahraini anti-government protesters near oil piplines that connect to neighbouring Saudi Arabai in Buri, Bahrain, today. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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
I don’t know what a tracker mortgage is! Am I in the right ad?
(Photo: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
THINGS WE SHARED
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