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# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday
Today everyone’s talking about the Seanad voting ‘no’, the Halawa siblings and the arrest in Dromore.
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of today’s news.
IRELAND
- Irish official visits Halawa siblings in Cairo jail.
- Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid are in Peruvian court.
- House prices across the country have risen by 2.3 per cent.
- Seanad votes ‘no’ to annulling transplant legislation.
- Some Dublin Bus workers accept Labour Court proposals.
- A Liberian registered cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Dublin.
- Man arrested over suspicious deaths of three women in Dromore.
- Two tourists were attacked by dogs on Malin Head.
- An Irish man has been found beaten and left for dead in Boston.
- EBS apologises for double-charging some customers using debit cards.
- HSE West ordered to pay €70,000 for discriminating against woman.
- Letterkenny General Hospital reopens to walk-in patients after flooding.
- Ireland has been voted the fourth best place to visit for US tourists.
- Young employee called ‘Virgin Mary’ by colleagues wins sexual harassment case.
- 100 years since the Dublin Lockout and there’s an exhibition opening tomorrow.
- Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai accepts the Tipperary International Peace Award.
- Everyone is talking about this proposal today. She did say ‘yes’. [DailyEdge.ie]
INTERNATIONAL
#ATLANTA: A man was arrested after gunfire at a school – all children are safe.
#UK: British government forced the Guardian to destroy wikileaks hard drives.
#BOSTON: The bombing suspect had multiple gunshot wounds and a fractured skull.
#AUSTRALIA: Over 100 people rescued from sinking asylum-seeker boat off Australia.
#US: Whistleblower Bradley Manning will be sentenced tomorrow.
#LONDON: William and Kate release first official family portrait with baby George.
#NEW ORLEANS: Crime writer Elmore Leonard dies at the age of 87.
#ARTIC/ANTARTIC: NASA took these incredible images of the planet’s polar regions.
INNOVATION
- This is what it looks like when a building implodes. [io9.com]
- Sticking with the theme, here are five fun ways to destroy your house on Street View. [MapsManic.com]
PARTING SHOT
This is the craziest picture of sharks you will see today. Or ever. You’ve been warned.
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