Phoenix, the Red legged Seriema with a rubber snake at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

HERE ARE THE things we learned, loved and shared today as we round off the day in three easy steps.

THINGS WE LEARNED:

#DEAN FITZPATRICK: Gardaí investigating the death of 23-year-old Dean Fitzpatrick, who was fatally stabbed in Dublin 17 last night, have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the attack. The victim was the brother of missing Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick, who disappeared in while walking home in Malaga, Spain, when she was 15 years old.

#FALSE IMPRISONMENT: A 47-year-old man has been charged in connection with an incident of alleged false imprisonment involving a woman in Dublin last week. The has previously served time in prison for kidnap and sexual assault, and was on-the-run from gardaí at the time of the alleged incident.

#LEE RIGBY: A sixth man has been arrested in connection with the horrific murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in London last week. The man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder by detectives from the MPS Counter-Terrorism Command supported by specialist firearms officers. officers.

#SHATTER CONTROVERSY: The Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has dismissed the ongoing controversy over comments made by the Justice Minister Alan Shatter, calling the row “trivial and superficial”. Speaking on The Week in Politics, Rabbitte insisted the government had more important things to talk about.

#UNEMPLOYMENT: The Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar has said he is “fairly sure” that fewer than 400,000 people will be unemployed by this Christmas. Varadkar said some rating agencies had begun revising their growth statistics for Ireland, which was “encouraging”. He dismissed the suggestion that falling live register numbers were a result of people leaving the country in search of work.

A child makes his way in a maze made from cardboard boxes at a park in Tokyo, Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

THINGS WE LOVED:

• The 11 toasters that will help soothe your hangover. Trust us.
• This educational video about all the things that kill humans… (now excuse us while we go scream.)

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THINGS WE SHARED:

• ‘The Neighbours’, an exhibition currently being held in New York City, has raised some interesting ideas about photography and voyeurism. Do Arne Svenson’s photographs, a collection of images of unassuming his neighbours shot with a telephoto lens, constitute art or an invasion of privacy?
• Former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross has provoked fury over comments that ‘not all rape is rape’, writing in his new book that girls who are unescorted, drunk, or who “openly kiss, grope or go to bed with one-night stands” are engaging in behaviour which could be interpreted as “incitement”. Responding to the comments in the Guardian newspaper, Sarah Ditum outlines three reasons why a vagina is not a laptop for anyone confused about the differences between property theft and sexual assault.

And, finally, thanks to Emma and Ronan Lally for alerting our attention to this little miracle…

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