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Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday
New Dáil no Taoiseach, Halappanavar settlement and farmers with guns.
Updated 10.50 pm
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.
IRELAND
New Dáil
- The first day of the Dáil saw no Taoiseach elected and Enda Kenny resigning the position.
- TDs did manage to elect a Ceann Comhairle, Fianna Fáil’s Sean Ó Feargháil.
- There were also some protests on Kildare Street as the Dáil met.
- Pomp, ceremony and stalemate: An odd day for TDs on their first day back.
Other top stories
- The father of the 11-month-old baby found dead in a Kerry apartment has also died.
- There’s been a surge in people cancelling their Irish Water direct debits.
- Luas drivers announced four more days of strikes.
- The mother of the baby who died in Killarney has thanked the public for its support.
- Out of court settlements were made against the HSE in the Savita Halappanavar case.
- Farmers in Tipperary ‘patrolling countryside with guns’ to ward off burglars, according to one victim.
- A lack of sexual education among children in care has been identified as a serious problem.
INTERNATIONAL
#BRUTAL MURDER: Two gunmen in Pennsylvania lured five victims from an outdoor cookout before shooting them with an AK-47 type rifle.
#BABY KIDNAP: A South African woman has been convicted of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years.
#ISIS: Sky News has been given a stolen memory stick that contains registration forms with personal information on thousands of Islamic State fighters.
#GETTING ROWDY: A man was charged with punching a protester at a Donald Trump rally.
INNOVATION
- Closing apps does not speed up your iPhone, says Apple.
- Youtube is getting into the gaming market.
PARTING SHOT
Prepare to wince. This is probably the worst attempt at a sex joke you could make on live TV.
No. Just no.
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