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Enjoying the summer sunshine: Danielle Lowrie celebrates finishing her Leaving Cert by going for a dip at the Forty Foot in Dún Laoghaire. Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In this evening’s wrap-up: All eyes on Brussels, a new plant at Sellafield, some classic tourist no-nos, and Dublin Zoo’s latest arrival…

EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the day’s news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed.

  • All eyes are on Brussels this evening as Enda Kenny meets his European counterparts for a dinner ahead of an all-day summit tomorrow. Kenny earlier met his colleagues from the European People’s Party, including Angela Merkel, and raised Ireland’s interest rate with them – but has admitted that the Greek problem mean there probably won’t be a deal for Ireland this week.
  • There’s some good news on the banking front – Bank of Ireland is reporting a healthy take-up of its offer to exchange junior bonds for shares in the bank. So far the deal has saved the Irish taxpayer almost €2bn.
  • Pat Cox will, after all, be a candidate for Fine Gael’s presidential nod – after the former PD confirmed this evening he had secured the support of enough party members to seek the nod next month.
  • The government is being accused of overhyping its opposition to Sellafield this evening, after British authorities said they were planning to build a second nuclear power plant at the Cumbrian site.
  • Good and bad news on the economic front from the CSO. As a whole, the Irish economy grew by 1.3 per cent in the first three months of 2011 – but the domestic economy, as measured in GNP, fell by a whopping 4.3 per cent. So exports are doing brilliantly, but domestic demand fell through the floor.
  • Despite that, Ireland has done pretty well on the Failed States index this year… we’re the seventh least-failed state there is. Go team!
  • Health minister James Reilly says there are no immediate plans to restore breast cancer surgery services to Sligo General Hospital.
  • A major report published by the Council of Europe has criticised Ireland for failing to recognise transgender people.
  • The Winklevoss twins – whose struggle to take control of Facebook was documented in The Social Network – have decided not to appeal a US court ruling which blocked them from seeking a better settlement with its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
  • A strange tale from Russia – where a woman was mispronounced dead, woke up in the middle of her funeral… and then died from the shock of it all.
  • It’s official! Whining is, scientifically, the most annoying sound. (Here’s seven other worthy contenders.)
  • CNN has some suggestions on what not to do if you’re a tourist coming to Ireland. Got any more suggestions for their list? Let us know.
  • Fancy going to the Rugby World Cup? If you book your tickets now, you might even get to be in the opening ceremony – because it turns out the organisers are running short on volunteers to help out.
  • Another day, another new arrival at Dublin Zoo! Today the Zoo welcomed a new white-crowned mangabey. Its gender isn’t yet known, but it’s been named ‘Sunyani’, after a region in Ghana.

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  • Dublin Zoo welcomes Sunyani

  • Dublin Zoo welcomes Sunyani

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    Mute Jimmy Dunphy
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    Mar 30th 2012, 8:54 AM

    Is Michael Healy-Ray really that stupid ,,,,, Looks like the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree !!!!!

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    Mute Maureen Hession
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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:01 PM

    yes they are , and the very ones, that has there bread buttered by him , i heard , that these guys run, co, Kerry ,if your not with, them your out, and stay out ?. local Mafioso, i here say .big fish in small ponds .

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    Mute Dave O'Shea
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    Mar 30th 2012, 8:55 AM

    How on earth did that amadan Healy Rae get elected , are people in constituency really that thick????

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    Mute Cian Devane
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:06 AM

    maybe we could put the dog into the dail instead of micheal.

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    Mute Paul Ringrose
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:29 AM

    As a farmer said to me ‘why should I indicate ,sure everybody knows where I’m going .’ The rural attitude to visitors/tourists is that they should deposit their money at the county boundary and not annoy the natives with demands for service, unspoilt countryside etc. It takes a Healy-Rae to actually come out and say this ; tell us more Michael.

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    Mute Alan Aston
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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:14 AM

    Michael Healy Rae your ignorance knows absolutely no bounds!!

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    Mute Tim Booth
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:28 AM

    Michael Healy Rae is supported by the plain people of Kerry – crap goes in, crap comes out.

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    Mute sarah
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    Mar 30th 2012, 9:28 AM

    It’s bloody obvious Micheal Healy Rae is a man that can smell money a mile away. He must be doing a reality tv show soon and needs the cash for the phone and text votes. This is the Td who cut the grass of developers houses in my estate only last summer after he was elected. He even had his ‘vote no1′ stickers still on his van with his picture so there was no denying it was him. My ghost estate is in north cork so he drove a bit from Kerry to help the developer who is living it up in the uk!

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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:42 AM

    I live in the country, and I know my way around. I have to say, country driving, particularly people over a certain age and in a certain profession, is shocking bad. No indicating, lucky if there’s one working brake light on the car. If a trailer is being towed, good luck. Then you can actually see the driver looking everywhere but the road. I usually have a rant about this a few times a week, when I’m stuck behind some numpty who doesn’t indicate, no brake light on the trailer, thinks road signs are just decorations for the roadside. And that Healy-Rae lad is a bigger numpty for questioning the need for road signs.

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    Mute Kevin Miller
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    Mar 30th 2012, 10:32 AM

    It says much for his chosen career that he is able to function as a member of the Dail, most of the political class see their job as being ” gettin in then gettin as much as they can ” this applies to most countries so we shouldn’t feel superior, but we do have a very good class of gobshites.

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    Mute Rob Queen
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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:01 PM

    In a lot of rural areas, the local yooves tend to take great delight in turning the signs. And a turned sign is defintely worse than no sign at all! Many’s the time I’ve headed off in the wrong direction thanks to a bit of late-night shenanigans.

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    Mar 30th 2012, 12:27 PM

    No money in signs as they are put in by the NRA also the bank hopes to “return to sustainable profitability by 2014.” by robbing the less well off..

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