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Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Bertie Ahern, the Dáil walkout and restrictions on E-cigarettes.
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.
IRISH
- A man suspected of killing two Irish soldiers has been deported from the US to the Lebanon.
- Russian bomber planes flew past the west coast of Ireland earlier in the week.
- Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said he does not believe Fianna Fáil will be back in government after the next election.
- A new bill is set to go before the Dáil that could place restrictions on E-cigarettes.
- The row over the Dáil walkout has continued to escalate with Alan Shatter getting involved.
- There were more weather warnings for snow and frost over the weekend.
- Irish mortgage holders have the worst mortgage/ debt ratio in the euro zone.
- The NTA released information about bus routes around Dublin that could potentially be privatised.
- The case of someone who underwent the symphysiotomy procedure has been before the High Court today.
- People set to protest outside Clonskeagh mosque in Dublin on Sunday will be “welcome to come in for a cup of tea”.
- Minister for Health Leo Varadkar was blocked into his car in Limerick today by people protesting hospital conditions.
WORLD
#SOUTH AFRICA: One of the country’s most notorious apartheid era murderers was granted parole this morning.
#AMERICA: A trial of a missing person case dating back more than thirty years is set to begin in New York.
#EGYPT: The IS group has claimed responsibility for attacks in the country that killed 26 people.
#MEXICO: Two children and a nurse have been killed a children’s hospital in Mexico after a gas explosion.
INNOVATION
- Google has come forward with an explanation as to why it pulled its Google Glasses – saying the product didn’t quite have the impact they had hoped for.
- Wondering what sorts of space travel we will be getting involved in ten years from now? The BBC have been trying to find out…
PARTING SHOT
Youtube star Tanya Burr has spoken about why she was happy to acknowledge her part-autobiography, part-lifestyle guide was completed with the help of a ghostwriter. This follows controversy surrounding fellow vlogger Zoe Suggs. [Buzzfeed]
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