Your Thursday morning news round up
TOP STORY
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, whose disappearance sparked a four-day search which ended today with the discovery of human remains at a farm.
IRELAND
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, whose disappearance sparked a four-day search which ended today with the discovery of human remains at a farm. Follow the latest updates from the scene as they emerge.
A post mortem is expected to take place today on the body of a man discovered in a burning car in County Cork.
SPORT
LIMERICK 2-7 CORK 2-15: Little in the way of surprise at the Gaelic Grounds as Cork eased to an eight-point Electric Ireland Munster MFC win over Limerick.
Coral Scottish Grand National favourite Gallant Oscar will run in the colours of JP McManus at Ayr on Saturday.
WORLD
A study using mice has uncovered a possible new cause of Alzheimer’s disease, and suggests a drug being investigated in human clinical trials to treat cancer could prevent the illness.
Bentleys and Porsches may be posh but they are prone to break down more than other cars, according to a survey.
BUSINESS
Irish workers are among the world’s elite in terms of tech skills having risen one place to eighth in the World Economic Forum’s latest rankings.
EXAMVIRAL
26-year-old Dubliner Niamh Geaney and her two friends, Terence Manzanga and Harry English are halfway through a fascinating social experiment called Twin Stranger.
SHOWBIZ
Gisele Bundchen bid adieu to the catwalk, strutting her stuff at an emotionally charged show in Sao Paulo.
TECHNOW
You can now add your own thoughts and quips to quoted tweets on Android. Twitter has revamped its Quote Tweet feature to let you add commentary from today.
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A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of student Karen Buckley, whose disappearance sparked a four-day search which ended today with the discovery of human remains at a farm.
