Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland ... Ralph Llewellyn and Billy Walsh at the 'repair café' in Dublin today Sam Boal / Photocall Ireland ... Ralph Llewellyn and Billy Walsh at the 'repair café' in Dublin today / Photocall Ireland ... Ralph Llewellyn and Billy Walsh at the 'repair café' in Dublin today

IRELAND

• Joan Burton was trapped in her car for hours in a protest. 
• An investigation was launched after a man was shot in the leg in Dublin.
• The Education Minister said she wasn’t budging on teacher demands.
• A teenage girl was assaulted by a man with one tooth.
• Gerry Adams hit out at the Ceann Comhairle.
• GPs warned hospitals were turning away too many people.
• A man was hit in the face with a gun in a late night attack. 
• A charity said 100 children became homeless in Dublin last month.
• Police in Scotland confirmed a young man died at last night’s soccer match with Ireland.

WORLD

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#LONDON The great and good of the music world (and Chris Martin) arrived to record the latest Band Aid single.

#THE NETHERLANDS 60 people were arrested as a protest took place over ‘Black Pete’ — the traditional sidekick of St Nicholas.

#CONGO And after a three month battle, the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared itself free of Ebola.

INNOVATION

• Have you seen the ESA comet lander’s final tweets, before it powered down? They’re pretty heartbreaking. 
• And apparently the internet has a major grudge against Grandpa Joe from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Why? [Buzzfeed Tech]

PARTING SHOT

For no particular reason, here’s a video of a monkey buying some juice from a vending machine. 

(By the way, if it’s vending machines you’re after — we have another pretty interesting article about them elsewhere on the site this evening.)