Updated 10.56pm
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news…
Minister Phil Hogan at a press briefing today at the National Emergency Coordination Centre (Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland).
IRELAND
- Up to 80,000 people will be left without power overnight and more bad weather is on the way.
- Two children at a Cavan creche were diagnosed with meningitis.
- A 28-year-old man in Sligo fell to his death last night trying to get back into his hotel.
- A report revealed 2,500 children are on the HSE waiting list for mental health services.
- The HSE approved the recruitment of new nurses at Tullamore hospital after overcrowding was exposed today.
- Alan Shatter ruled out an independent inquiry into alleged bugging at the GSOC offices but wants clarification on comments made by Chairman Simon O’Brien .
- The national electricians’ strike may be called off.
- Nessa Childers hit back at her former party members after suggestions that airbrushing was used in her new election posters.
- Superquinn became SuperValu today.
- Our own Louise McSharry is to replace Dave Fanning in the RTÉ 2fm evening slot.
WORLD
(Image: Gareth Fuller/PA)
#SUSPICIOUS: A string of crude explosive devices were sent to armed forces recruitment offices in the UK, with at least one having a Republic of Ireland postmark.
#LONDON: Former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis was cleared of 12 charges of indecent assault.
ITALY: Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced he will submit his resignation tomorrow. [BBC]
#BELGIUM: The government has approved a law to allow for euthanasia for terminally ill children. [AFP]
INNOVATION
- Cars that provide you with real-time information about traffic jams and crashes are on the way.
- EA decided to drop the fee for the use of lawnmowers in the Plants vs Zombies 2 after outrage from users. [BBC]
PARTING SHOT
These brave stunt artists in France attempted to walk a slackline between two hot air balloons above the Pre0Pyrenees. *GULP*
(Video: Ace World News/YouTube)
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