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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

The lack of a government, a runway and the courts had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

07/04/2016. General Election Government Formation. Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin talking to the media on the Plinth, Leinster House about his party's response to forming a government with Fine Gael. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

'Fancy Vivid Pink' diamond sale An employee from the auction house Sotheby's in London models a rare Fancy Vivid Pink diamond named Unique pink which will go on sale in Geneva in May, weighing 15.38 carats and is expected to fetch approximately €28-38 million. Stefan Rousseau Stefan Rousseau

#BRUSSELS: Prosecutors have released footage of the suspected third bomber in the Brussels attacks.

#ENGLAND: Two teenage girls who took selfies as they beat a vulnerable woman to death before phoning police to ask for a lift home have been jailed for life.

#HOLLAND: The Netherlands voted against an EU deal which would have seen closer ties with Ukraine.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

Who are the celebrities for Trump? Newsweek’s Zach Schonfeld caught up with a few including Stephen Baldwin.

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