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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Here’s what had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

0060 Countdown to 2018 Rose of Tralee_90551483 Daithi O Se introduces the hopeful Roses as the countdown to the 2018 Rose of Tralee International Festival begins. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

ITALY-GENOA-BRIDGE COLLAPSE This photo shows the collapse of a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy. Xinhua News Agency / PA Images Xinhua News Agency / PA Images / PA Images

#GENOA:  The death toll from yesterday’s bridge collapse in Italy has reached 39 – with three children included.

#LONDON: A man arrested following a suspected terror attack in London yesterday remains in custody as officers attempt to piece together the lead-up to the incident

PARTING SHOT

Chris O’Dowd is a storyteller. And last night he told Jimmy Fallon an hilarious story about how he blagged a job in Paris.