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IRISH

• Gardaí are investigating a fatal assault on a man in Athy, Co Kildare last night.
• A man has died seven weeks after he was shot outside a shopping centre in Dublin.
• A young man has drowned after going swimming with a friend in Killarney this evening.
• The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said that imported frozen berries are linked to an outbreak of Hepatitis A.
• The HSE has said there is no ongoing risk to patients at Beaumont after concerns were raised about a CJD case.
• The October budget should be the last difficult one, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said today.
• A man has withdrawn an application to stop his pregnant girlfriend from travelling to the UK for an abortion.
• Buses and trains could increase their fares again next year.
• The Minister for Small Business is being pursued through the courts for unpaid loans. [RTÉ]
• There’s been a spate of robberies in Dublin today, one on a cash in transit van, another on a bookies and another on a shop.
• More eventful scenes in the Seanad today while the Taoiseach has appointed a Fine Gael councillor to the upper house.
• The Action Plan for Jobs has a success rate of nearly 90 per cent, the government has claimed today.

WORLD

Pic: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

#MIDDLE EAST: Israel and Palestine have agreed to hold their first direct peace talks in over two years following some diplomacy from the US.

#DETROIT: The Michigan city (above) has become the largest in the US to file for bankruptcy but what does it mean and what happen’s next? [Detroit Free Press]

#TAX CHAOS: An OECD report for the G20 group of the world’s largest industrialised nations has warned of “global tax chaos” unless the international tax regime is overhauled. [The Guardian]

#TRAYVON: US president Barack Obama has been speaking publicly for the first time about the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case today.

INNOVATION

• Nasa’s curiosity rover has found strong evidence that Mars was once habitable [BBC]
• Scientists in Australia have developed what they say is an invisibility wetsuit that could protect surfers and swimmers from shark attacks [Australian AP]

PARTING SHOT

The Simpsons and Family Guy are to unite for a crossover episode next year. The Griffins (Family Guy) will take a road trip and end up in Springfield in an episode that will be hotly anticipated by fans of both animated series. [BBC]

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