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Here’s What Happened Today: Saturday

Everyone’s been talking about the weather, the Christmas and AIB’s technical issues.

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

imageStranded passengers Hayden Marrold from Mayo and Christie Berry from Birmingham, England wait in the Irish Ferries main terminal. (Image: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

IRELAND

WORLD

imageA handwritten card is seen on a wreath laid by the main memorial stone for the victims of Pan Am flight 103 bombing in the garden of remembrance at Dryfesdale Cemetery, near Lockerbie, Scotland (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

#SCOTLAND: Victims of the Lockerbie bombing were remembered during special memorials to mark the 25th anniversary of the atrocity today.

#ENGLAND: Legendary BBC sports presenter David Coleman has passed away. He was 87 years old.

#SPACE: Did you know astronauts have heaters in their spacesuit boots? They were needed today during an ISS spacewalk.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

A couple in Britain decided to use their wedding day as a fundraising event for Cancer Research. Nathan Gibbs and Amanda Billington asked their friends and family to dress up as characters from the movie Shrek in the hope of raising at least £1,000. Obviously, the pair kept the main characters for themselves. Here they are as Princess Fiona and Shrek

imageImage: Rui Vieira/PA Wire/Press Association Images

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