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

Julien Behal / Maxwell Photography ... Children play in suds in a fountain on Dame Street today. Julien Behal / Maxwell Photography ... Children play in suds in a fountain on Dame Street today. / Maxwell Photography ... Children play in suds in a fountain on Dame Street today.

IRELAND

• Ministers talked up the latest employment figures. 
• The Government launched a big social housing plan. 
• GPs highlighted what looks like a pretty big mistake concerning medical cards. 
• Enda Kenny hit out at Sinn Féin over expenses. 
• There was a major cocaine seizure.
• Property prices are continuing to surge. 
• That fog warning lingered — as did the fog itself, obviously.
• Water protesters were given a suspended sentence at a court appearance. 
• Micheal Healy-Rae had some things to say about whoever cut down the Carrauntoohil cross.
• And a Fine Gael TD lashed out at a voter on Twitter.

WORLD

A spray-painted picture of the pregnant Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge by American graffiti artist Pegasus has appeared on a wall in Islington, London. Anwar Hussein / EMPICS Entertainment Anwar Hussein / EMPICS Entertainment / EMPICS Entertainment

#SCREAM MASKS: Manchester police released chilling CCTV footage of two men suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on Halloween night.

#USA: Clashes continued in Ferguson, Missouri.

#LET’S GO HOME: And this video of passengers in Siberia getting out of their plane to push it down the runway has to be seen to be believed.

INNOVATION

• What makes a Rubik’s Cube a Rubik’s Cube? A trademark court has decided. 
• This isn’t good… Drones flying in the vicinity of JFK Airport are causing some concern. [Wall Street Journal]

PARTING SHOT

The US town of Ferguson is once again in the news this week (see above)… This video, showing the protests last August through the eyes of a teenager, is well worth a look for anyone who’s been following the controversy.

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