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Here’s What Happened Today: Monday

Everyone’s talking about cyberbullying, the murder of Elaine O’Hara, and the latest developments in Ukraine.

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

imageGardaí at the scene of a shooting in Tallaght, Dublin, in which a 21-year-old man was injured. (Image Credit: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

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A protester eats as he stands guard in front of the Ukrainian government building in Kiev. (Image Credit: AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

#LONDON: The oldest-known Holocaust survivor passed away.

#UKRAINE: An arrest warrant for ‘mass murder’ was issued for the country’s former president Viktor Yanukovych. Russia withdrew its ambassador from Kiev.

#UNITED STATES: The Pentagon announced plans to downsize the US military. [BBC News].

#EGYPT: The entire government resigned.

#UGANDA: A controversial law that outlaws the promotion of homosexuality was signed into law.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

A look at recent unemployment levels and the debt-to-GDP ratio has led Quartz  to suggest that the Irish are actually happier when we’re a bit miserable. While our consumer sentiment levels peaked in 1999, but have now risen above a peak in 2005. [Quartz]

Here’s what happened yesterday >