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Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Ireland’s Olympic heroes had people talking today.
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRISH
- Gary and Paul O’Donovan won Olympic silver medals in double sculls rowing
- The High Court ordered the extradition of a man accused of running the Silk Road website
- Gardaí appealed for help finding a missing Cork teenager
- Figures showed motor insurance premiums rose 40% in the last year
- Dublin Bus staff voted to go on strike
- A massive rise in illegal dumping was reported in Dublin
- A Nigerian woman lost a case against her deportation
- The government made changes to the retirement age
INTERNATIONAL
#RIO: A police officer was killed when he and two others working security at the Rio Olympics got lost near a slum and encountered gunfire.
#YORKSHIRE RIPPER: The Yorkshire Ripper may be moved to prison after being ruled mentally fit.
#THAILAND: Four people were killed as bombs tore through tourist towns in Thailand.
INNOVATION
- An Bord Pleanála approved an €850 million Galway data centre for Apple
- Young people in Ireland read less news than their EU counterparts
PARTING SHOT
Remember Futurama’s Zapp Brannigan? Here’s the actor who plays him reading Donald Trump’s tweets.
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