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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

The Citizens’ Assembly, a stabbing in Westmeath, and a shooting in Texas had everyone talking today.

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

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#TEXAS: Several people were shot dead after a man opened fire at a church in Texas.

#PARADISE PAPERS: More than 13 million leaked documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people avoid paying billions in tax. Read more on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ website.

#CATALONIA: Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four ex-ministers handed themselves in to police in Belgium.

#NORTH KOREA: US President Donald Trump said he would “certainly be open“ to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

#UK: Britain’s First Secretary of State Damian Green denied an allegation that police found pornography on his computer during a raid on his Westminster office in 2008.

PARTING SHOT

Last night’s full moon was the second brightest of the year.

The so-called Beaver Moon or Hunter’s Moon caught many people’s eyes overnight, with some readers sending in their photos – including this impressive one from Michael Mulhall.

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