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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

The All-Ireland hurling final and how a no-deal Brexit could impact Northern Ireland had everyone talking today.

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

IRELAND

Padraic Maher with the Liam McCarthy cup Tipperary's Padraic Maher with the Liam McCarthy Cup after his side's All-Ireland hurling victory. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

  • Gardaí are tackling what they believe is the highest concentration of sex workers in Europe operating out of apartment blocks in Santry, TheJournal.ie confirmed.
  • Tipperary overpowered Kilkenny by 3-25 to 0-20 to win the All-Ireland hurling final.
  • A man in his 70s sustained head injuries in an assault in Co Meath.
  • Five people were taken to hospital following a collision between a car and a campervan on the M1 motorway in Dublin.
  • A man and two children were airlifted to hospital after they got into difficulty while swimming off the Kerry coast.
  • Four men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was seriously assaulted and struck by a car in Co Antrim.
  • The number of applications for Irish driving licences jumped from 651 to 1,805 between June and July as fears of a no-deal Brexit increase.
  • The Data Protection Commission said it is “satisfied” the State Examinations Commission acted correctly following a data breach involving 64 people last year.
  • After many controversies, we examined what is next for the Public Services Card.

WORLD

Hong Kong Protests A replica of the Goddess of Democracy statue wearing a hard hat and a gas mask is displayed during a demonstration at Victoria Park in Hong Kong. Kin Cheung / AP/Press Association Images Kin Cheung / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#AFGHANISTAN: The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a wedding in Kabul which authorities said killed at least 63 people.

#BREXIT: The UK government’s plans for a no-deal Brexit show that it expects there would be a hard border in Northern Ireland in the most likely scenario.

#HONG KONG: Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy activists flooded the streets of Hong Kong today amid increasingly stark warnings from Beijing.

#ITALY: Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy

#IRAN: Gibraltar rejected a US demand to seize an Iranian oil tanker at the centre of a diplomatic dispute as it prepared to leave the British overseas territory after weeks of detention.

PARTING SHOT

This year’s Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann has been happening in Drogheda in recent days. Shun Ito and Akihito Horiguchi are just two of the buskers who performed this weekend. 
https://www.facebook.com/fleadhtv/videos/vb.805039526175352/1087490838306948/?type=2&theater

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    Mute booby sandwiches
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    May 20th 2017, 8:07 PM

    fantastic news, the economy is booming. a shinner will be along shortly now with doom and gloom LOL

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    May 20th 2017, 10:27 PM

    @Jayo Breathneach: the property crash wasn’t caused by outside investors. It was by people taking out too big mortgages. Maybe you move in the wrong circles if you can’t afford a house

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    May 20th 2017, 9:29 PM

    the issue i have is that the SDZ rules have been thrown at the window…I live in Adamstown and I am happy to see development start again Im dissaappointed that the amenities like the parks and town centre are on hold. It worries me that they will never be built. Even the PR piece about the community centre is kind of false…what is being built is a sports hall for the secondary school which can act as a community center.
    It worries me that Adamstown will turn into another Lucan where people have to travel to do things as all that was built in Lucan was houses.

    Adamstown was supposed to be a self contained town where all amenties would be near by and within walking distance. Now Its just going to become another Housing estate

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    May 20th 2017, 9:24 PM

    No housing for 10 yrs, creates a drought! Available housing gifted to vulture funds at exchequers expense. Housing shortage creates property price bubble, banks balance sheets improves exponentially! Cheerleaders of austerity clap themselves on the back, while young people forced to rent for extended period to gather sufficient funds for a deposit! Same aul Fianna Gael, keep pretending the recovery is going! Check out the debt clock, 200 billions and counting!

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    May 20th 2017, 8:16 PM

    All the lost money is back in play .who lifted the flooring boards

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    May 20th 2017, 10:08 PM

    @Jayo Breathneach: so many people just comment for the sake of making noise. You will be preaching again shortly about the lack of available houses. There is no bubble, we are well short of peak price of the boom and if we’re to going into a bubble we would be adding another 10% to that due to population increase.
    The problem isn’t housing, we have plenty of empty houses in this country. The problem is the total failure by the government to build sustainable economies outside of Dublin. If you talk to most people who moved from different parts of the island to Dublin for work, they would love to move back home but there are no jobs in their field outside Dublin. Invest in areas outside Dublin, people can start moving into empty homes down the country and puts less pressure on rents and the price of houses in Dublin

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    May 20th 2017, 11:24 PM

    @Dark Knight: move the capital to the midlands?

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    May 21st 2017, 1:27 PM

    @kevin: They did that in Oz actually.

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    May 20th 2017, 8:05 PM

    Great to see the economy back in action !

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    May 20th 2017, 10:22 PM

    Thnks to Noonan???

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    May 21st 2017, 9:35 AM

    There is a lot of comments that would be getting red thumped today.

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