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The parade of champions ahead of the Aga Khan Trophy at RDS Dublin Horse Show 2023 Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie

Here's what happened today: Friday

Your roundup of what made the headlines.

NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a roundup of today’s news.

IRELAND

taoiseach 956 Leo Varadkar is pictured as he arrives in the RDS for the Dublin Horse Show Sam Boal Sam Boal

WORLD

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#HUNTER BIDEN The US Justice Department has escalated its investigation into president Joe Biden’s son Hunter, naming a special counsel amid allegations he engaged in illicit business deals overseas.

#CIRCUS MAXIMUSK Elon Musk has said that his planned cage fight against fellow tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg will take place in Rome at an undisclosed ancient Roman site.

#WESTERN UKRAINE A Russian missile strike targeting civilian infrastructure in the western Ukraine region of Ivano-Frankivsk killed one boy, prosecutors said today.

#NORWAY A Norwegian climber who recently became the fastest person to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks has addressed controversy after critics accused her of walking over a dying man to set her record.

PARTING SHOT

F3NGyrqXwAAg5Gs Sarah Courtney of the Irish Coast Guard on a helicopter Sarah Courtney Sarah Courtney

Sarah Courtney is a winchman with the Irish Coast guard. 

Above she is pictured recently in a rescue helicopter above the Arklow Arrow boat.

Last year, Courtney was awarded the CHC Excellence Service Award after she rescued seven fishermen from a sinking boat.

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