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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Karen Buckley, an attack carried out on a man with special needs and Ryanair got people talking.

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

IRELAND

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INTERNATIONAL

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#GERMANWINGS: Families of crash victims were told at a memorial: ‘You are not alone in these hours of loneliness

#MERSEYSIDE: A newborn baby girl was found in an amusement arcade last night.

#MELBOURNE: Police officers posted selfies on a woman’s Facebook page after finding her missing iPhone.

INNOVATION 

  • Wikileaks has published thousands of leaked Sony emails. [TheJournal.ie] 
  • Instagram is getting tougher with its rules about nudity. From now on there are only three ways it will allow nude photos. [Geek.com]

PARTING SHOT

A Dublin artist’s amazing astronaut mural was approved by Chris Hadfield after it caught his eye when he was in the city last week.

He shared it on Facebook saying, “I felt oddly like the big gloved hand was going to reach out and grab me as I walked by.” [DailyEdge]

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