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Here’s What Happened Today: Monday

The aftermath of the Buncrana tragedy and Obama’s historic visit to Cuba.

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

IRELAND

buncrana Members of the public lay flowers at the scene at Buncrana Pier in Co Donegal where five people drowned. Niall Carson / PA Wire/Press Association Images Niall Carson / PA Wire/Press Association Images / PA Wire/Press Association Images

  • The man who rescued a four-month old baby – the only survivor of last night’s tragedy on Buncrana – has spoken of the harrowing moments on the pier before five people lost their lives.
  • A 40-year-old man has died following a road crash in Roscommon yesterday.
  • A number of Irish charity bosses are still earning well in excess of €100,000 a year, a TheJournal.ie survey revealed.
  • An investigation is ongoing into the crash of a small airplane in Co Longford yesterday in which a man died.
  • Representatives from UCC are set to travel to Barcelona to provide assistance to students injured in yesterday’s fatal bus crash.
  • Irish Rail has said it’s “deeply regrettable” that union members will not be sitting down tomorrow for plans to discuss plans for Darts every ten minutes.
  • A man was shot outside a primary school in Armagh.
  • Denis O’Brien-owned company Actavo, formerly known as Siteserv, has entered the US market for the first time.
  • Couples have been left scrambling to find new wedding venues after the closure of a hotel in Westmeath.
  • The Small Firms Association has warned that Britain leaving the European Union poses a risk for small businesses in Ireland.

INTERNATIONAL

cuba US President Barack Obama and Cuba's President Raul Castro shake hands after a joint statement in Havana, Cuba. AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa AP Photo / Ramon Espinosa / Ramon Espinosa

#CUBA:  US President Barack Obama met with President Raúl Castro in Cuba today. Obama is the first US President to visit the country in almost 90 years.

#DR CONGO: War crimes judges have found former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of a deliberate campaign of widespread rapes and killings by his private army in Central African Republic over a decade ago.

#UK: Operation Midland, a major investigation into an alleged paedophile ring has collapsed.

#MANCHESTER: The husband of world-renowned classical pianist Natalia Strelchenko has been jailed for her murder.

#GLOBAL: January and February of this year smashed temperature records and the World Meteorological Organization today warned that climate change was advancing at an “unprecedented” rate.

INNOVATION

  • Apple’s new iPhone is a lot smaller (and a bit cheaper).
  • The animation software used to make Futurama is now free [Geek.com].

PARTING SHOT

To celebrate Twitter’s 10th birthday, DailyEdge.ie has rouneded up some of the funniest Irish tweets ever.

Originally published 9pm

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