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Updated at 8.41pm
NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news…
[Image: Photocall Ireland]
IRELAND
- Finance Minister Michael Noonan (above) said CRC top-up money should be paid back
- Solomon Soremekun, the toddler killed in a lift accident in Galway, was laid to rest
- The ASTI and TUI decided to ballot members on junior cycle non-cooperation
- Gardaí launched an investigation into the death of a teenager in Blessington
- Anti-war campaigners vowed to continue their campaign in support of Margaretta D’Arcy
- Searches for missing John Gear in Waterford continued
- The upgrading of Ireland’s credit rating by Moody’s was broadly welcomed
- Protests were held over Advance Pitstop JobBridge ads
- Eirgrid said it would still accept pylon submissions, despite the deadline passing
- Irish Water said disruption was ‘unavoidable‘ during the installation of meters
- Concerns were raised over messages on an anti-Muslim Facebook page
WORLD
Tributes are left at Ferry Gait Crescent in Edinburgh [Image: : Danny Lawson/PA Wire]
#SCOTLAND: The mother of 3-year-old Mikaeel Kular is being questioned by police after the toddler’s body was found in Fife
#MIDDLE EAST: The deeply divided Syrian opposition has agreed to enter renewed peace talks next week
#CAR: Fresh fighting has broken out in the Central African Republic
#INDIA: The autopsy of the body of an Indian minister’s wife has shown she suffered an “unnatural death”
INNOVATION
- Google has confirmed it’s testing a “smart contact lens” that may help people with diabetes [BBC]
- What’s the deal with 3D printing — and how long before I have a printer in my house? TheJournal.ie takes a look…
- And, ever wondered what lurks in Facebook’s ‘other’ inbox? Click, if you dare…
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PARTING SHOT
So, this is terrifying…
…and it’s meant to be.
French child advocacy group Innocence en Danger has created a series of posters featuring human emoticons with the aim of highlighting the dangers posed by internet predators.
First posted at 7pm.

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