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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

A Dáil row, a trade deal and a massive piece of ice had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

PROTEST 56_90517042 Farmers protest outside the by placing hay bales outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin protesting about the grain industry. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

G20 Summit - Merkel and Trump meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump ahead of the G20 Summit in the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg. DPA / PA Images DPA / PA Images / PA Images

#INTERFERENCE: US President Donald Trump said Russia ‘could have’ interfered with the 2016 US election.

#G20: Police and protesters have clashed at an anti-G20 march in Hamburg.

#SHELF LIFE: A chunk of ice bigger than the US state of Delaware is hanging by a thread from the West Antarctic ice shelf, satellite images have revealed.

PARTING SHOT

Fancy a swim? Take a look at these Irish Naval Service divers practice ‘helicasting’ in the waters off Cork (and, if you want to see more of this kind of thing, there’s a free Defence Forces open day on in Farmleigh this Sunday between 11am and 5pm).

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