Your Friday morning catch-up
IRELAND
Superbugs thought to have spread from animals have smashed through the last line in antibiotic defences and pose a global threat, scientists say.
Beaumont Hospital in Dublin has apologised to the family of an elderly man for failing to protect his dignity.
The simple and poignant graphic, showing a leaf shed from the iconic All Blacks’ silver fern, resonated with rugby fans across the globe following the death of the former winger Jonah Lomu on Wednesday.
A heartbroken father who had to identify his son in a morgue yesterday advised teenagers “it’s a bad idea” to go out drinking and smoking drugs.
An elderly woman has been reunited with her late husband’s love letter, penned some 60 years ago, after gardaí recovered her stolen handbag yesterday.
WORLD
A discarded mobile phone found near the blood-soaked Bataclan concert hall led investigators to the cousin of the Paris attacks ringleader – and then to the apartment where both died in a hail of bullets and explosions, authorities have said.
The Islamic State group is pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments, according to Iraqi and US intelligence officials.
SPORT
Eddie Jones has been announced as England’s first ever overseas head coach. The former Australia and Japan coach had travelled to London for talks with the Rugby Football Union and, with the level of compensation for his release from his Stormers contract believed to have been negotiated, the 55-year-old’s four-year contract was completed on Friday morning.
Arsenal’s highly-rated teen star Marcus Agyei-Tabi has become the latest player to defect from Ireland to England.
BUSINESS
Pfizer’s talks to acquire botox-maker Allergan in a $150bn (€140.8bn) deal, the global drug industry’s largest ever, that would see the US drug giant re-domicile in Ireland accelerated yesterday, even as the US Treasury prepared to clamp down further on such tax inversions.
A senior government official has said the Central Bank needs to “satisfy themselves they are compliant with the law” after revelations managers have been given retention payments worth 21% of their salaries at the same time as workers have faced 20% cuts.
ANALYSIS
Ask them what their view is on the gender pay gap in Ireland, which has widened from 12.6% to 14.4%, writes
LIFESTYLE
Irish wedding planners are getting calls from gay couples in the States, Slovenia, Germany and England, says as they want to get married in the first country to vote for same sex marriage by popular vote.
VIDEO
The Balltalk team discuss one of the greatest rugby players and sportsmen of all-time. With Robert McNamara (@whatrobdidnext), Steve Neville (@SteveNeville), Peter McNamara (@PeterMcNamara_) and Neville O’Donoghue (@bewarmers).
Video by Pauline Hallissey. Irish Examiner.
VIRAL
Just days after terrorist attacks in Paris killed 129 people, a Muslim man stood blindfolded in a public square in Paris beside a sign that read, ‘Do you trust me?’ The man stood with outstreched arms offering hugs to people who approached him and it was all for a very special reason.
Built as the flagship venue for the 1950 World Cup, Rio’s iconic Maracana Stadium was upgraded ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and is now one of the world’ most cutting edge stadia.
TECHNOW
Read our review of Solanimus’ Signal to Noise.
Straight Outta Compton was a surprise success when it hit cinemas earlier this year, bringing in more than $200 million worldwide on a $28 million budget and providing Universal Studios with another triumph.
Apple finally has a EveningBriefing&utm_mediumcharging dock for its Smart Watch. And to the surprise of no one it’s going to cost you a lot to pick it up.
SHOWBIZ
Bad news, Adele fans: you won’t be able to hear her 25 on Spotify.Not yet, anyway. The streaming service confirmed that Adele was not making her new album, which is out on Friday, available to them – although they hoped that might change.
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A discarded mobile phone found near the blood-soaked Bataclan concert hall led investigators to the cousin of the Paris attacks ringleader – and then to the apartment where both died in a hail of bullets and explosions, authorities have said.
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