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NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.
IRISH
- A 10-year-old girl was hospitalised after being egged at a No campaign event in Navan.
- Broadcaster Derek Davis died aged 67.
- The government announced new measures to help people struggling to pay their mortgages.
- Love/Hate actor Stephen Clinch, who is charged over a robbery, was refused bail.
- An investigation into the death of a newborn baby in Cavan was launched.
- RTÉ argued that Denis O’Brien used his money to acquire power and cannot be afforded the same privacy as other citizens.
- A 59-year-old man is missing from Monaghan.
- The Dáil was suspended twice after Enda Kenny told Socialists TDs ‘where to go’.
- GAA star Ger Brennan said he’s voting No in the same-sex marriage referendum.
- Toyota and Nissan have to recall thousands of Irish cars.
WORLD
#PHILADELPHIA: An Irish woman was in a train crash that killed seven people.
#NEPAL: There is a battle to reach survivors as the country reels from the latest quake.
#GUILTY: Tour operator Thomas Cook was found guilty of breaching its duty of care over the deaths of two children in Corfu.
#GREECE: The country has slid back into recession.
#LONDON: A man has been charged with murder after a woman’s body was found in a suitcase in a canal.
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#MISSING PLANE: A shipwreck was found in the search for missing MH370.
INNOVATION
- This camera drone flies itself and will follow you wherever you go.
- Facebook launched its Instant Articles service, allowing media organisations to host stories on your news feed. [Gizmodo]
- This Japanese smartphone lets you pay for things with your eyes. [Mashable]
PARTING SHOT
To help get you over hump day, here’s a little GIF we made of Kenny Egan boxing Enda Kenny earlier today…
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