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Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday

New Dáil no Taoiseach, Halappanavar settlement and farmers with guns.

Updated 10.50 pm

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

IRELAND

Irish parliament sits Anti-water-charge protesters outside today's Dáil meeting. Niall Carson / PA Niall Carson / PA / PA

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INTERNATIONAL

Obama US Canada President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet at the White House. AP / Press Association Images AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

#BRUTAL MURDER: Two gunmen in Pennsylvania lured five victims from an outdoor cookout before shooting them with an AK-47 type rifle.

#BABY KIDNAP: A South African woman has been convicted of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years.

#ISIS: Sky News has been given a stolen memory stick that contains registration forms with personal information on thousands of Islamic State fighters.

#GETTING ROWDY: A man was charged with punching a protester at a Donald Trump rally.

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PARTING SHOT

Prepare to wince. This is probably the worst attempt at a sex joke you could make on live TV.

No. Just no.

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