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Here’s what happened today: Sunday

Arrests for child sexual assault in Athlone, votes for Irish emigrants and Melbourne remembers Jill Meagher.

Updated 9.31pm

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

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(Flowers laid at the scene where the body of Peggy Mangan was found yesterday. Pic:Laura Hutton/Photocall)

IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

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(Pic: AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

#PAKISTAN: A car bomb caused carnage in a busy market in the city of Peshawar, killing at least 39 people.

#JILL MEAGHER: Thousands of people took the to the streets of Melbourne to remember Louth woman Jill Meagher who was killed a year ago.

#NIGERIA: Up to 50 people were killed by suspected Islamic extremists who attacked a college overnight and shot students as they slept.

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PARTING SHOT

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Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Clare hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald visits his home town of Sixmilebridge with the Liam McCarthy Cup as part of the team’s homecoming this evening.

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    Mute Cliona
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    Sep 29th 2013, 8:42 PM

    I remember feeling this empathy and sadness for the family of Jill Meagher last year and a year on almost to the day Ireland is in sadness once again for Peggy and Casper…..

    Let the lost be found #RIP

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    Sep 29th 2013, 8:53 PM

    people here need to know that football n hurling is not life..its part of life… life is to live..n it needs lot more than football n hurling..alone!!

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    Mute Susan Manning
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    Sep 29th 2013, 10:57 PM

    What’s with the rant? They posted one picture of the homecoming at the end of the article – there were far more serious aspects to this article that warranted a comment so why attack the one bit of good news at the end?

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    Mute Barry Freeney
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    Sep 30th 2013, 8:03 AM

    Bombings, shootings etc all around the world- isn’t it great that Islam is a peaceful religion.

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