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IRELAND

• The interim Garda Commisssioner said the force should listen to dissent
• An 8-year-old boy died after a quad bike accident 
• The Ian Bailey civil case was before the courts
• Cynthia Owen handed in a petition demanding justice
• Nama sold a €5.4 billion loan book
• Airbnb is to double its Dublin workforce
• Ireland needs a lot of houses, a report found
• A security guard was stabbed in the leg
• Dead horses were found dumped in Clare
• An increase in homelessness was recorded
• And a report found studens had speling and, punctuation problemms

WORLD

Tian Tian, Edinburgh Zoo’s female giant panda, will be ready to mate soon, zoo staff said [Telegraph] [Andrew Milligan/PA Wire]

#PLANE MYSTERY: The US Navy joined the underwater search for MH370

#SHARK ATTACK: The goggles and swimming cap of a woman taken by a shark in Sydney were found

#SCHUMACHER: And Michael Schumacher is having ‘moments of consciousness,’ his spokesperson said

INNOVATION

• Facebook, apparently, is working on anonymous features
• Google is facing problems as it bids to trademark the word ‘Glass’
• And there’s an app that takes ‘thin’ selfies. The Guardian thinks its awful stuff altogether

PARTING SHOT

They’re dropping like flies these showbiz legends.

Last night, Letterman announced he’d be quitting his chat-show. Today, it was confirmed that Bruce Forsyth had officially stepped down from his Saturday night BBC gig fronting Strictly Come Dancing.

Here he is crooning his young heart out with Miss Piggy (and her pig chorus) on the Muppet Show, 38 years ago…

(Youtube: GrownUpKidsChannel)

Didn’t he do well?

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