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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everyone’s talking about the Budget, a ‘die in’ Gaza protest and Peaches Geldof.

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

IRELAND

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INTERNATIONAL 

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#GAZA: The UN Human Right rights council has launched a probe into Israel’s Gaza offensive.

#UKRAINE: Two Ukrainian military jets have been shot down in a rebel-held area.

#TAIWAN: Over 40 people are feared dead after a plane crash near Taiwan airport.

#MH17: The black boxes recovered from the Malaysia Airlines flight have been flown to Britain where valid data has been downloaded.

#UK: Peaches Geldof’s widowed husband Tom Cohen has told the inquest into her death that his wife had been a heroin addict.

INNOVATION

  • The Boeing 737 is sacrificing 2-inches of leg room to fit in 11 more seats. [Geek.com
  • Here’s how a Sainsbury store will run on rubbish. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

Hundreds of prisoners were asked what image they would like to see from their cell. Here’s what they said. [TheNewYorkTimes]

Originally published 9:00pm

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