Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday

Everyone’s talking about Garth Brooks tickets (and the queues), complaints to RTÉ, and the Garda whisteblower meeting the Public Accounts Committee.

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

Garth Brooks with fans Marie Mckeown, right, and Eilish Costantino both from Forkhill, Co Armagh. Pic: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

RTÉ has received almost 850 complaints to date about the appearance of Panti and the apology to the Iona Institute.
Proposed legislation that would allow same-sex couples to adopt was published by the government.
The Saturday Night Show is to hold a debate about homophobia this Saturday.
Garda whistleblower Sergeant Maurice McCabe gave evidence for three hours to the PAC today.
Judges say they want to change how judges are appointed, to maintain the impartiality of the judiciary.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to speak about the Ballymurphy Massacre with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
The Health Minister has called for a report into the deaths of babies at a Portlaoise hospital.
Louise O’Keeffe has asked the Taoiseach to act on an apology he made to her this morning,
Garth Brooks tickets went on sale… and hundreds of thousands of people bought them around the country. So many that a third date was added.
Gardaí seized 15,000 pairs of fake UGG boots in Cork.
A missing Celbridge man, Terry Lawlor, could be in London, say gardaí.
Laya Healthcare is to increase its prices by 20 per cent by 1 March.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Pic: AP Photo/The Lowell Sun & Robin Young

#BOSTON Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Boston bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

#MANCHESTER A football coach was jailed for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl on his team.

#ITALY The thieves who stole a vial of Pope John Paul II’s blood might have thrown it away.

#LONDON A man was reunited with the person who talked him down from jumping from a bridge, thanks to a viral campaign.

Facebook is to launch its new curated visual news reader in just a matter of days. [TechCrunch]
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