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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Everyone’s talking about discretionary medical cards, redundancies in Waterford and those running for the Labour leadership.

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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#KIDNAPPED: Nigerian authorities are furious that the parents of four girls failed to say that their children had returned safely. There are 219 girls still missing.

#AMERICA: The US Secretary of State John Kerry said Snowden should “man up” and return to the US to face trial.

#BEATS: Apple has announced that it will buy Dr Dre’s Beats for $3 billion to boost its online music presence.

INNOVATION

  • Samsung has unveiled a new wristband that can track real-time health information such as your heart rate, movement and body temperature. [TheJournal.ie]
  • Google changed its logo over the weekend, did you notice? Don’t worry…we didn’t either but here’s the photographic evidence. [Gizmodo.com]

PARTING SHOT

Fancy a coffee? This cartographic guide to Starbucks’ global domination not only shows you the most Starbucks filled cities but also the farthest place from a Starbucks in the world!

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