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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Pat Carey on being gay, flyover naming after Veronica Guerin and a drunk man on a Ryanair flight…

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

IRISH

unnamed (32) Emma Daniels, Annacotty with her son Charlie who doesn't recognise her in the firefighters breathing apparatus at Limerick Fire and Rescue Services Demonstration Day. Sean Curtin Sean Curtin

INTERNATIONAL

Myanmar Gen. Aung San Birthday AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#UK: Well-known weatherman Fred Talbot has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys.

#UK: Revenge porn was made illegal in England and Wales.

#NETHERLANDS: Police caught cannabis growers after spotting a snow-free roof.

#USA:  New York Times journalist David Carr died.

INNOVATION

  • We’re closer than ever to a birth control pill for men, apparently. [Wired.com]
  • Oscar-nominated visual effects at the centre of ‘Interstellar’ have turned science fiction into science fact with new insights into black holes. [ScienceDaily]

PARTING SHOT

Let TheJournal.ie and DailyEdge.ie staff regale you some of the filthiest bits from Fifty Shades of Grey.

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