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Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Everyone’s been talking about revelations at the Ian Bailey case, what the new Commissioner had to say… and Brucie quitting.

Updated at 11.10pm

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

A New Face For The Garda. Garda Commissi Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland Eamonn Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

IRELAND

WORLD

Tian Tian, Edinburgh Zoo’s female giant panda, will be ready to mate soon, zoo staff said [Telegraph] [Andrew Milligan/PA Wire]

#PLANE MYSTERY: The US Navy joined the underwater search for MH370

#SHARK ATTACK: The goggles and swimming cap of a woman taken by a shark in Sydney were found

#SCHUMACHER: And Michael Schumacher is having ‘moments of consciousness,’ his spokesperson said

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

They’re dropping like flies these showbiz legends.

Last night, Letterman announced he’d be quitting his chat-show. Today, it was confirmed that Bruce Forsyth had officially stepped down from his Saturday night BBC gig fronting Strictly Come Dancing.

Here he is crooning his young heart out with Miss Piggy (and her pig chorus) on the Muppet Show, 38 years ago…

(Youtube: GrownUpKidsChannel)

Didn’t he do well?

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    Apr 4th 2014, 9:16 PM

    Know what, Daragh, don’t think I’ll bother. The most contentious issues of the day are “comments closed” – and the rest is fluff.

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    Apr 5th 2014, 1:33 AM

    + one! The Irish media have a lot to answer for!

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    Apr 5th 2014, 12:36 AM

    ‘speling’???? Really? What are the odds? :-)

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    Apr 5th 2014, 12:38 AM

    A lot of that sentence is wrong! Was that on purpose?

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    Apr 5th 2014, 12:23 AM

    So we need Obi Wan Kenobi as the new Garda Commissioner?! “The Force is strong in this one! “

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    Apr 5th 2014, 6:55 AM

    Goggles and swimming cap found from shark attack victim sounds a little suspect.

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