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Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everybody’s talking about Junior Doctors striking, welfare tourists and Budget 2014.

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

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Health Minister James Reilly gets his flu vaccine. Pic: Nick Bradshaw of Fotonic.ie

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A new $100 bill featuring Benjamin Franklin is illuminated from behind at the Franklin Institute, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Philadelphia. Pic: AP Photo/Matt Rourke

#ENGLAND It emerged today that gender-selective abortion is not illegal under English law.

#NOBEL PRIZE The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Peter Higgs and Francois Englert – yes, they predicted the Higgs boson.

#USA Democrats in the US plan to force Republicans into a showdown on the country’s debt ceiling.

#ITALY The EU has demanded extra search patrols after 300 people are feared to have died in the migrant boat tragedy.

INNOVATION

  • The world’s first malaria vaccine could be available for African children – GlaxoSmithKline is to seek regulatory approval.
  • Fox has replaced desks in its newsroom with… unbelievably huge touchscreens. What do you make of them? [Mashable]

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PARTING SHOT

Thought engagement rings were just a great way of showing your future wife how you feel about her? Well, turns out that they have hidden meanings as well… and not good ones.  [Salon]

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    Jul 1st 2024, 10:27 AM

    Stevie Nicks, now there is a star.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 5:28 PM

    @Brian Dunne: as she says herself, nowhere near as talented as Taylor.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 10:17 AM

    Does the Journal sponsor Taylor Swift or something? Half the articles lately are all about her.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 10:59 AM

    @Paul O Connor: The algorithms are telling them that lots of people are clicking on the articles so they give the people what they want.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 11:54 AM

    @Paul O Connor: the concerts were quite a big deal, she’s the biggest star in the world right now

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    Jul 1st 2024, 10:27 AM

    Patted on the head and now we all feel great while she flees with a fortune.

    Will be barely remembered in fifty years.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 1:08 PM

    @Alan OConnor: You’re comment won’t be remembered tomorrow..

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    Jul 1st 2024, 1:09 PM

    @Alan OConnor: If an artist is even barely remembered in 50 years then they’ve made a huge impact in their career.

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    Jul 1st 2024, 11:32 AM

    Oooooh celebrities!!!!

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    Jul 1st 2024, 3:46 PM

    Some people in this country hate to see people be entertained …I think it’s called begrudgery ?

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    Jul 1st 2024, 8:14 PM

    Stevie Nicks, especially with Fleetwood Mac, was a far superior songwriter and singer to Taylor Swift. Swift’s lyrics are vacuous, banal, and formulaic – all appropriate enough for the superficial, dumbed-down age we live in now. But with shrewd marketing, a very mediocre performer can become very rich, as Swift has become. Money, not music, is king in the 21st century!! Now, where is my private jet? !!

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    Jul 1st 2024, 12:40 PM

    OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! I can’t wait for Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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    Jul 1st 2024, 4:23 PM

    @Alan Kennedy: LOL! Lift Your Skinny Swifts to Heaven! Can’t wait too!

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    Jul 1st 2024, 9:11 PM

    @SerotoninWars: They don’t sleep on the beach anymore!

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    Jul 1st 2024, 9:53 PM

    @Alan Kennedy: That whole album is a masterpiece!

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    Jul 1st 2024, 11:41 PM

    @SerotoninWars: I’ll never forget the 1st time I seen them, Red Box about 14 years ago? Brilliant night!

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