Here’s what happened today: Thursday TheJournal.ie

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IRELAND

The first 10 hybrid double-decker buses for Dublin Bus were unveiled today, and no, we’re not sure what the hand gestures are all about either.

Source: Leah Farrell

• The European Court of Human Rights declared that complaints against the Irish state by Irish women who underwent surgical symphysiotomies are inadmissible
• Fine Gael TDs questioned Sinn Féin TD Martin BrowneThe presidency of a Dáil Committee after the comments he made on the radio about the IRA
• Two men were arrested in connection with the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods
• The clinical director of CervicalCheck urged women to trust the screening service after acknowledging that faith in the program “has eroded”
• A woman was arrested in Dublin Port after a mortar launcher it was discovered
• There have been 15 deaths and 310 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Ireland.

WORLD

‘The Irish Guards’, a regiment of the British army that protects the royal family, today has a new canine mascot: an Irish wolfhound named Turlough Mór.

Source: PA Images

#BREXIT; British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have said Sunday is the deadline for making a decision on the future of the trade talks.

#SKY NEWS NEWS: British presenter Kay Burley agreed to stay off the air for six months “for a period of reflection” after she and other Sky News reporters gathered at a London restaurant over the weekend to celebrate Burley’s 60th birthday.

#STIMULATING: The European Central Bank has increased its € 1.35 trillion emergency bond purchase program by € 500 billion and extended it until March 2022.

START SHOT

‘We didn’t start the Billy Joel fire, but it’s Ireland 2020’ Michael Fry’s is a masterpiece of comedy. To quote just two lines from this wonderful mashup:

Normal people Connell chain, no St. Patrick’s day,
Dustin returns with Den, Kanye is running for president.

One of TheJournal.ie Reporters know Joel’s original lyrics by heart, now to learn this one too …