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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Everyone’s talking about three fatal crashes on Irish roads, a TD getting in a scuffle, and the All-Ireland hurling final.

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

Brendan Maher and Padraic Maher with Colin Fennelly Tipperary’s Brendan Maher and Padraic Maher with Colin Fennelly of Kilkenny James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

IRELAND

INTERNATIONAL

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#INDIA: A top politician was jailed for corruption. [BBC News]

#IRAQ: British warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq, but didn’t carry out any strikes on Islamic State jihadists.

#JAPAN: Dozens have been injured after Mount Ontake erupted.

#SPAIN: Catalonia defied Madrid’s orders and formally announced an independence referendum.

#UNITED KINGDOM: Something in tomorrow’s papers prompted a minister to suddenly resign.

INNOVATION

  • Facebook is testing a feature that automatically makes slideshows of your trips. [TNW]
  • A lamp that lights up when moved has been developed using bacteria from an octopus. [Wired]
  • A new study has found that up to half of Earth’s water is older than the sun. [NewScientist]

PARTING SHOT

Ireland’s “delightfully 19th century” system of postcodes has made the headlines abroad. [Quartz]

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