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Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday

The UK Budget, Nama’s NI portfolio and Brian Cowen before the banking inquiry had people talking today.

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

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INTERNATIONAL

Budget day anti-austerity march Protesters against the UK budget cuts in Parliament Square earlier today. John Stillwell / PA Wire/Press Association Images John Stillwell / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

#GREECE: The country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a formal request for a third bailout for the country. 

#NEW YORK: The New York Stock Exchange went down today… and nobody is sure exactly why.

#UK: Britain announced its budget today, and is limiting child tax credits to two children per family. 

INNOVATION

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PARTING SHOT

Connor McGregor is certainly an interesting personality, but is he an icon for Ireland’s forgotten generation? Vice seems to think so. [Vice]

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