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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
The final report of the banking inquiry is published, and a man has died after being stabbed at a house in Carlow – it’s the evening fix.
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- The banking inquiry has finally published its report after 14 months.
- A man has been killed after a stabbing in a house in Co Carlow.
- The HSE has said sorry to a victim of ‘savage abuse’ after an apology ‘misunderstanding’.
- Almost 580 jobs are to go as a liquidator is appointed to Xtra-Vision.
- A doctor who confused an ankle with an elbow has said that he “passed the Medical Council exam with high marks”.
- A teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted just yards from school.
- Gardaí are hunting raiders who stole €190,000 from a cash-in-transit van in Dublin.
- The company that operates Ireland’s 999 line denied making operators ask permission to use the bathroom.
- A motorist in Limerick has been stabbed in the back after a confrontation with stone-throwing youths.
- Alan Kelly reckons Labour will win a lot more than 15 seats.
- A Mayo family has collected their €13.7 million Lotto jackpot winnings from last weekend.
- Gerry Adams took a selfie with, well, Gerry Adams.
- Jersey-makers O’Neills launched a new 1916 commemorative kit.
- A man who witnessed the events of 1916 has been identified.
- The man accused of mugging schoolchildren in Limerick threw a Coke bottle at the presiding judge in his case.
- A warning has been issued over a ‘Wangiri fraud’ phone scam.
WORLD
#GERMANY: Police have been accused of covering up the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
#MILLY DOWLER: A man has admitted to the 2002 killing of the English teenager.
#FRANCE: The country’s justice minister has quit over a huge row to do with terrorism.
#WASHINGTON: A woman who held a 35-year protest outside the White House has died.
#TRUMP: The leader for the Republican nomination has pulled out of the final debate before the Iowa caucus over a row with the debate’s mediator.
#ENGLAND: A primary school has admonished parents who leave their children to school while dressed in their pyjamas.
INNOVATION
- Does your web browser crash persistently? This could be the answer…
- Is drone racing set to be the next big thing? [Engadget]
PARTING SHOT
As the man say, this is awkward.
UK Labour councillor Matt Strong thought his cat had been killed in a hit-and-run. So he buried the unfortunate animal and lambasted its killer on Twitter.
Only for his believed-dead pet to walk back into his life some hours later.
Strong’s tweets are now protected, which is perhaps understandable.
Comments are disabled as a piece referenced above concerns an ongoing legal issue
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