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Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

The final report of the banking inquiry is published, and a man has died after being stabbed at a house in Carlow – it’s the evening fix.

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

IRELAND

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WORLD

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#GERMANY: Police have been accused of covering up the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

#MILLY DOWLER: A man has admitted to the 2002 killing of the English teenager.

#FRANCE: The country’s justice minister has quit over a huge row to do with terrorism.

#WASHINGTON: A woman who held a 35-year protest outside the White House has died.

#TRUMP: The leader for the Republican nomination has pulled out of the final debate before the Iowa caucus over a row with the debate’s mediator.

#ENGLAND: A primary school has admonished parents who leave their children to school while dressed in their pyjamas.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

As the man say, this is awkward.

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UK Labour councillor Matt Strong thought his cat had been killed in a hit-and-run. So he buried the unfortunate animal and lambasted its killer on Twitter.

Only for his believed-dead pet to walk back into his life some hours later.

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Strong’s tweets are now protected, which is perhaps understandable.

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