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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

76 children became homeless before September, personal assistant who stole more than €1 million jailed and new Six One presenters announced – 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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INTERNATIONAL 

First Bush President-Incident Former president George HW Bush and actress Heather Lind. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#US: Former US president George HW Bush has apologised for patting “women’s rears” after an actress accused him of groping her.

#UK: A member of a gang which trafficked 19 women into prostitution in England and Wales has been jailed for four years for his role in the operation.

#ONLINE: Amazon is launching a new service that will allow couriers to unlock your door when you’re not home so packages can be left inside.

PARTING SHOT 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tried to inspire people to get a flu vaccine today by tweeting out photos of himself with a lollipop after getting the jab.

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