Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Take Back the City, security at the Áras and Brexit had everyone talking today.

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

IRELAND

TAKE BACK THE CITY PROTEST  II2A3392_90554587 Protesters at the Take Back the City housing demonstration blocked O'Connell Street Bridge in Dublin city centre earlier today. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

WORLD

iran2 An Iranian soldier carries an injured soldier after a shooting at a military parade in Ahvaz, Iran. Morteza Jaberian / Xinhua News Agency/PA Images Morteza Jaberian / Xinhua News Agency/PA Images / Xinhua News Agency/PA Images

#TANZANIA: The death toll from a crowded ferry capsizing on Lake Victoria rose to more than 200. 

#IRAN: At least 29 people, including children, were shot dead at a military parade in Iran.

#BREXIT: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt accused EU Council President Donald Tusk of “insulting the British people” by needling Prime Minister Theresa May in a viral social media post.

#ENGLAND: Musician Chas Hodges, one half of the musical duo Chas and Dave, died at the age of 74.

PARTING SHOT

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