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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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

IRELAND

Piglet 005 Pictured today is Piglet, the wine bar on Cow's Lane in Dublin city centre, which has found itself at the centre of a controversy surrounding texts between former Minister Katherine Zappone and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar. Sam Boal Sam Boal

  • Grades awarded to this year’s Leaving Cert class are significantly higher compared to 2020.  
  • Sinn Féin called on the Department of Foreign Affairs to publish all documents related to Katherine Zappone’s appointment as UN envoy.
  • Health officials confirmed 1,414 new cases of Covid-19 in Ireland.
  • The Courts Service warned the public of a scam phone call currently in operation that appears to involve one of its own numbers. 
  • Indecon consultants have been commissioned to support the Department of Public Expenditure in a review how funding returned to the Exchequer from the National Lottery is redistributed to good causes around the country. 
  • More than 1.36 million people had received one or more of the Government’s Covid-19 income supports by June this year, data shows.
  • The funeral of Pat Hume, the widow of late SDLP leader John Hume, will take place on Monday.

THE WORLD

the-edinburgh-cup Sailors compete in The Edinburgh Cup on the Firth of Forth. PA PA

#BOSTON: Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts nearly 50 years ago.

#DIZZEE RASCAL: Chart-topping rapper Dizzee Rascal has denied headbutting his ex-girlfriend at a home in south London this summer.

#SEPTEMBER 11: US President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the declassification of certain documents related to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

PARTING SHOT:

Comhghairdeas to twin brothers Daniel and James and their classmates Darragh and Diarmuid from Millstreet Community School in Cork on achieving 625 points in their Leaving Certificate today. 

 

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