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IRISH

The HSE is investigating concerns over CJD at Beaumont Hospital.
A 14-year-old boy has died after a farm accident in Limerick.
Ireland is fully funded for the next year and a step closer to exiting its bailout but Michael Noonan has one word to sum-up the situation.
The government has launched a plan to get 75,000 unemployed people back to work.
Noel Callan, jailed for 28 years for murdering a garda, is eligible for remission the Supreme Court has ruled.
Survivors of the Magdalene Laundries have called on Catholics to boycott mass this weekend.
The Seanad has passed another stage abortion bill today with contributions upsetting one Labour senator.
Joan Burton has said she has been targeted by angry mobs of protestors just like Pat Rabbitte was last night.
Former Fine Gael TD Denis Naughten has been expelled from the Oireachtas Health Committee.
The delay in paying third level grants has been criticised today with complaints likely to make their way to the Ombudsman.
Staff at the Justice Department have not been paid.
The Orange Order has been told it cannot march past the flashpoint Ardoyne area at the weekend.
And finally, the Dáil has gone on holidays… for nine weeks.

WORLD

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#MADIBA: Nelson Mandela is celebrating his 95th birthday today. He may be in hospital but that hasn’t stopped the celebrations across South Africa. [SABC]

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#MANNING: Bradley Manning must face a charge of ‘aiding the enemy’, a judge has ruled meaning the Wikileaks source could face life in prison plus 154 years. [New York Times]

#RUSSIA: A political rival of president Vladimir Putin has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony after being found guilty of embezzling.

INNOVATION

Memory is not unique to humans after a new study found that chimpanzees and orangutans were able to remember past events when presented with sensory reminders. [BBC]
Phone company Nokia continues to post losses but sales of its Lumia smartphone may offer some encouragement. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

A man has attempted to make his way from Dorset, in the south of England, to Ireland on a six-foot dinghy but, unsurprisingly, failed.