NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of today’s news…

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IRELAND

• More than 280 retail sector jobs are to go: 102 as a result of Superquinn’s merger with Supervalu, and 180 with the closure of four M&S stores.
• A flight from Shannon was forced to land in Philadelphia this evening due to a threat that later turned out to be unfounded.
• The driver of a taxi whose car was hijacked at knife point has spoken of his “deep sympathy” for the families of the two men who died when the car later crashed.
• There have been two more road fatalities: and elderly man died in Kerry, and a 70-year-old woman lost her life after being hit by a van in Tallaght.
• Gardaí are continuing to investigate last night’s shooting incident: a man entered Store Street Garda Station last night after being shot in the back of the head.
• €1.4 million worth of cannabis has been seized in Carlow and a man in his 40s arrested.
• Good news for Dublin Airport: New figures show over two million passengers travelled through the airport last month.
• In Northern Ireland, a man has been arrested for attempted murder in connection with the investigation into the 12 July riots.
• It emerged a young Irish man was killed in a road crash in Florida earlier this week – his body has been flown home.
• Nine restaurants were closed down due to food safety concerns last month, the FSAI confirmed: seven prohibition orders were also issued.
• Gardaí appealed for witnesses to a hit-and-run that left a three-year-old girl injured.

INTERNATIONAL

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#SUMMIT: US President Barack Obama has scrapped a planned summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, citing “disappointment” over the Edward Snowden affair, amongst other issues.

#FRY: Staying with Russia, there have been renewed calls for the country to be stripped of the right to host the Winter Olympics – Stephen Fry weighed in today with a passionate open letter.

#MELBOURNE: The city’s mayor has announced plans to provide ‘safe havens’ as part of a wider initiative aimed at protecting women.

#BIRD FLU: Scientists in China have reported the first case of person-to-person transmission of bird flu.

#SEAL: A zookeeper in Bristol has been suspended for allegedly punching a fur seal.

INNOVATION

• NASA has released amazing ‘rear-view mirror’ footage of Earth, taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it sped towards Mercury.
• A group has accused Fisher Price of misleading parents over apps designed for infants, saying they may be harmful.

PARTING SHOT

We’ll finish as we started: readers have been sharing their cherished memories of Superquinn over on the Daily Edge. Those free cheese samples and their incomparable sausages get quite a few mentions…

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