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A scarecrow dressed as Environment Minister Phil Hogan at the National Ploughing Championships at New Ross, Co.Wexford, on the last day of the Championships. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire/Press Association Images
HERE ARE THE things you need to know as we round off the day in three easy steps.
THINGS WE LEARNED
#HORROR: The body of missing Irish woman Jill Meagher has been found in a shallow grave in Melbourne, Australia. Adrian Bayley, a 41-year-old local man, has been charged with her rape and murder.
#NEW FACE: Labour’s Alex White is to replace Róisín Shortall as the Minister of State at the Department of Health. The decision has been welcomed by Minister James Reilly.
#STRIKE OFF: Workers at Dublin Airport have deferred planned industrial action from Monday after SIPTU “reluctantly” agreed to sit down for talks with Aer Lingus and DAA at the Labour Relations Commission.
#NOT SO THRIFTY: Ireland spent about €25 billion more in 2011 than it took in through taxes, the State’s spending watchdog confirmed in his annual report. That means the country’s deficit reached a record €25.518 billion.
#AT LEAST THE AIR IS FREE? And it’s of decent quality. That is according to a new report by the Environment Protection Agency which says Ireland’s air is among the best in Europe.
#RED CARD: Chelsea captain John Terry has received a four-match ban and £220,000 fine after being found guilty of racial abuse towards QPR’s Anton Ferdinand.
#IRAN: Is thiiiiiiis close to completing its nuclear programme, according to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
THINGS WE LOVED
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