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

IRELAND

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• We almost have a government – after 63 days of talks Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agreed a deal
• A man was injured in a hit-and-run in Cork
• Gardaí believe a teenager missing from the UK may be in Ireland
• Irish Water is probably the country’s least reputable brand
• Luas drivers are getting their pay cut by 10% from today
• A man’s body was found in Stephen’s Green park
• Irish charity Goal is under US investigation for alleged mismanagement in Syria
• Here’s why the weather has been so cold this week
• A pedestrian died after being knocked down by a van in Dublin
• Gardaí began excavating a south Dublin garden in a search for ‘dead babies’
• A Cork family appealed for their daughter to be allowed use a cannabis-based medicine
• Lynn Ruane spoke about her journey to the Seanad
• A court heard that David Mahon ‘fled the scene’ after his stepson was stabbed
• An American surgeon who has dementia brought drugs to Ireland after ‘falling for an internet scam’

WORLD

David Gest was laid to rest today in London.

#NORWAY 11 people were killed in a helicopter crash.

#AUSTRALIA A refugee died after setting himself on fire in a ‘political protest’

#NORTH KOREA A US citizen got 10 years of hard labour for ‘spying’

#USA White powder was sent to Donald Trump, but was deemed safe

INNOVATION

• Want to earn a few bob? Get a job as a Snapchat intern – they get $10,000 a month. [The Guardian]
• Can SpaceX really land on Mars? ArsTechnica asked an engineer, and he said: Yes. [ArsTechnica]

PARTING SHOT

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The man who wrote the infamous ice-cream truck jingle has died. Here’s the story of Les Waas. [Washington Post]

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