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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Here’s what had people talking today.
NEED TO CATCH UP? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Conor McGregor avoided jail time
- A man was stabbed to death in Waterford
- Gardaí carried out raids aimed at finding those in possession of child abuse imagery
- Tributes were paid to an Irishman killed in Greek wildfires
- Plans for the Pope’s mass in the Phoenix Park were unveiled
- A man hit by a car outside a church in Clondalkin last month died
- A spider ate a native Irish lizard
- Emma Mhic Mhathúna received an extra portion of her settlement with the HSE
- Radio listenership figures were announced
INTERNATIONAL
#GREECE: The death toll from this week’s forest fires in Greece climbed to above 80.
#FACEBOOK: Shares in Facebook tumbled 20% today after the Nasdaq stock exchange opened in New York.
#PAKISTAN: Cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan has claimed victory in the country’s tense general election which has been marred by allegations of “blatant” rigging by rival parties.
PARTING SHOT
The Chinese-Hong Kong border is one of the most fascinating and contentious in the world – as this Vox video shows.
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