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Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore shows US congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis a statue of Frederick Douglass. Niall Carson Niall Carson

IRELAND

• A video Fine Gael made giving advice to their members on how to canvass came to light.
• Protesters in both Cork and Dublin disrupted the installation of water meters.
• Teachers have said that they have to take more notes about relationships, behaviour and possible bullying and warn that it’s too much.
• More election poster trouble, this time both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil are blocking traffic lights.
• The Government is to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the EU to get a work permit.
• Children with mental health problems are being kept in conditions and wards that are “not suitable for residents”.
• PhoneWatch is to create 230 jobs in Dublin, Cork and ten other regional offices.
• The Government launched a new climate change plan, but it didn’t go down well with environmental groups.
• Just four counties in Ireland have more disposable income than average.

INTERNATIONAL

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's marks the 450th anniversary of playwright's birth. Yui Mok Yui Mok

#UKRAINE: The United States is to send troops to the region as Ukraine prepares a fresh assault on pro-Russian militants.

#NEKNOMINATION: A man who drank a goldfish as part of a Neknomination in the UK has been prosecuted and fined.

#RIP: The brother of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, has died after sustaining a serious head injury following a fall in New York.

INNOVATION

• Fancy a trip back in time? More than seven years worth of Google Street View images are now available to look at.
• As it continues its move into original programming, Netflix is to make its first ever show in Spanish. It will be about a family who inherit a football team. [Time]  

PARTING SHOT

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28 years ago today, Coca-Cola replaced their secret formula with a new flavour. Despite pre-release testing which found people preferred the new recipe, there was a public outcry and cases of “old” Coke were even being hoarded. Some called it a business blunder, others called it marketing genius. The company recalled today exactly what happened.