IRELAND

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• We were told today that people who don’t pay water charges will not have their supply reduced or cut off.
• A man has been sentenced to life for the double murder of a mother and daughter in Kerry.
• These are the letters sent between Brian Lenihan and the ECB before the bailout. 
• Ian Bailey says that gardaí told him they planned to pin the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier on him.
• Ivor Callely was granted permission to challenge refusal of temporary release or enhanced remission today. [RTÉ]
• The CSO released a breakdown of the year in stats. 
• The latest radio listenership figures are out – so we get to find out what we spend four hours a day listening to.
• The Shelbourne College in Dublin owes more than 50 students tens of thousands of euro. [RTÉ]

INTERNATIONAL 

#PHIL RUDD: The AC/DC drummer has been arrested for trying to arrange murders.

#OXFORD STREET: A man died after falling from an escalator in a busy Debenhams store.

#UK: Burglars held a knife to a 15-month-old baby before stealing cash and jewellery.

INNOVATION

• Is the battery life on your smartphone really poor? Here’s why.
• This device may make you more active – at least that’s what Microsoft is hoping! [TheJournal.ie]
• The CEO of Dublin’s Web Summit says if the dodgy WiFi isn’t fixed ‘we won’t be in this country much longer’. [TheJournal.ie]

PARTING SHOT

It has taken 10 years  covering 6.5 billion km to plan to land a spacecraft on to a comet.

Now it’s your turn. Go on…have a go!