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Sam Boal

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Teachers’ strike, Mel Gibson and Twink on the brink- it’s the Evening Fix.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

File Photo Martin Naughton who died yesterday. Disability campaigner Martin Naughton who died yesterday. Sam Boal Sam Boal

 

WORLD

ched evans Welsh footballer Ched Evans was cleared of rape today.

#CLEARED: Ched Evans was cleared of rape at his re-trial

#FRANCE: Supervised drug injection centres opened in Paris today

#HONDURAS: Amnesty International slam Central American nations over murder rates

#UN: Wonderwoman was named as an honourary ambassador for women’s empowerment

#ESSEX: A dog attack killed a baby boy and left another child fighting for his life

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

This is something which sounds like it’s straight out of a James Bond movie.

Dogs are now being trained to parachute out of planes to help soldiers during missions.

The dogs are being used to help sniff out poachers in Africa.

diving dog There you have it!

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