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evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Bye-bye Ebay, physician heal thyself, and Hickey seeks house arrest – it’s your Evening Fix.

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

25th August 2016 - Dun Laoghaire - Olympic sailing silver medalist Annalise Murphy pictured at her homecoming celebrations in Dun Laoghaire with Councillor Cormac Devlin, Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. © Photo by Peter Cavanagh - Olympic sailing silver medalist Annalise Murphy at her homecoming celebrations in Dun Laoghaire with Cormac Devlin pf Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Peter Cavanagh Peter Cavanagh

IRELAND

  • The website eBay is to close its Dundalk facility next year – although it’s as yet unclear to where it will be relocating.
  • A police commissioner from Rio de Janeiro has defended the decision to film Pat Hickey as he was arrested in Brazil.
  • Hickey’s wife has left Rio de Janeiro, as the former OCI chief attempts to move from Bangu prison to house arrest.
  • The Medical Council referred 23 doctors to supports for substance abuse issues last year, according to its annual report.
  • Gardaí have seized up to €2 million worth of drugs in the past week, the latest coming in raids in Dublin and Meath yesterday and today.
  • There were 2.3 million journeys made on public bike schemes so far in 2016.
  • A 13-year-old boy has been held at knifepoint by a burglar in Limerick.
  • charismatic dog that its own RTÉ career has been found following a public appeal.

Labour leadership challenge Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a pre-hustings rally at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow today. Jane Barlow / PA Jane Barlow / PA / PA

INTERNATIONAL

#SWEEHEART: The US Treasury said the European Commission’s probe into claimed sweetheart deals for firms like Apple, Amazon and Starbucks “undermines the international tax system”.

#ITALY: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy climbed to at least 247 overnight.

#CIARÓG EILE: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage have held a joint campaign meeting in Mississippi.

#ENDURANCE: A hiker has been found alive in a remote mountain hut one month after going missing in New Zealand.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

Donald Trump is supported by many types of voters, but perhaps the most peculiar is that of the ‘alt-right’ political philosophy. [Vox]

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