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According to emerging reports, a 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last night's terror attack in Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police have confirmed that the individual was arrested in the city this morning.

"With regards to the ongoing investigation into last night’s horrific attack at the Manchester arena, we can confirm we have arrested a 23-year-old man in South Manchester," they said in a statement released to the press.

Earlier reports suggested that the individual responsible for the attack on Ariana Grande concert-goers at the Manchester Arena died by suicide at the scene, however, confirmation that he had been working alone had not been offered.

Speaking out about last night's atrocity, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, condemned the actions of those responsible and insisted that terrorism will not win.

"The terrorists will never win and our values, our country and our way of life will always prevail," she said outside Downing Street following a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee.

The current death toll stands at 22.
 

 

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If you're due to use the Red Line Luas this morning, it might be worth considering an alternative mode of transport.

According to the tram operator's social media feed, the Luas has experienced technical difficulties on the route which serves the city centre.

Following numerous updates, the latest post, which was uplaoded 20 minutes ago, confirms that the Red Line Luas is running from Tallaght/ Saggart to Smithfield only.

Tram operators have assured customers that tickets will be accepted on Dublin Bus.

Customers have wasted no time communicating their displeasure with the lack of communication in the wake of the technical disruption.

"My luas ticket was rejected to be used on the Dublin bus, awful system that you have, and I want my money back, wrote one member of the public.

"Are you making announcements at the other stops? I had to tell someone who was visually impaired! No announcements and unable to see sign," highlighted another.

The Green Line service is operating normally.

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A wild monkey, who has been nicknamed Uncle Fat by wildlife enthusiasts in Thailand, has been put on a strict diet after it was discovered he was using fellow monkeys to source and provide him with snacks.

The animal, who weighs in at three times the typical weight of a monkey, is the current focus of wildlife official, Kacha Phukem, who conducted the capture and rescue mission last month.

Tipping the scales at 60 lbs, Uncle Fat came to the attention of experts who soon realised he had been surreptitiously tucking into junk food and soft drinks left behind by tourists, while also enlisting the help of his squad to keep him in eats.

Revealing the extent of the creature's dastardly plan, veterinarian, Supakarn Kaewchot, explained: "He had minions and other monkeys bringing food for him but he would also re-distribute it to younger monkeys."

"It was not easy to catch him," Kacha said of Uncle Fat who is believed to be between 10 and 15 years old.

Having established a core squad to keep him in treats and out of trouble, Kacha explained: "He was the leader of his pack, and when I tried to go in, I had to fight off a flock of them with sticks."

Unfortunately, Uncle Fat's voracious appetite has impacted negatively on his health, with Supakarm urging the public to be cognisant of animals' dietary requirements when visiting them in their natural habitat.

"I understand that people feel sorry for the monkeys and want to feed them when they see them," Supakarn said. "But please don't feed them food that people like to eat like snacks and soda. It is very bad for their health and the problem is entirely man-made."

"After he ate food given by humans for a while, he developed a fat mass, which became a type of benign tumour," Supakarn continued. "He is now in critical condition where there is a high risk of heart disease and diabetes."

Thankfully, those in charge of Uncle Fat's new nutrition plan are confident that with a few months of discipline and will power, Uncle Fat will reach a healthy weight and ultimately be re-released into the wild.

Uncle Fat, you got this.

Feature image: Associated Press

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Another day, another scam, right?

With the world still reeling from the effects of the WannaCry malware virus last week, experts are now reaching out to WhatsApp users to ensure they don't fall victim to a similar virus.

According to numerous reports, a message is currently making its way through the WhatsApp world inviting users to change the colour theme of their messaging app.

Clicking on the link contained within the message will bring you a site which reads: "New colours for WhatsApp, now you can change your WhatsApp and leave it your favourite colours" before advising that it's available for 'iOS, Windows, Apple, and Blackberry'.

Following this, the site visitor is asked to share the link with 12 of their friends as a means of 'verification' only to be then informed that the feature is solely available through desktop.

This means that in order to avail of it, the user needs to install an extension called 'BlackWhats' from the Chrome Web Store.

And if you do install it?

Hey presto, you have given yourself and your 12 chosen friends a nasty dose of malware all in order to switch up your WhatsApp colours.

Let's all stick with green, shall we?

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Several pedestrians have reportedly been struck by a vehicle in New York’s Times Square.

It's reported that at least one person has died following the incident. 

It’s thought that at least 10 people were hit before the red Honda came to a stop.

According to CBS2, the driver of the Honda has been extricated from the vehicle. 

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When a member of the US House of Representatives questioned why a man should have to contribute to pregnancy insurance during a recent town hall meeting in Dubuque Iowa, he was met with considerable backlash from those assembled.

However, it was the response of a woman named Barbara Rank which garnered the most attention in the days following Rod Blum's controversial remarks.

In response to Mr Blum's demands to 'get rid of some of these crazy regulations that Obamacare puts in such as a 62-year-old male having to have pregnancy insurance', Barbara put pen to paper and explained why the Congressman's demands had little grounding in reality.

"Congressman Rod Blum in a Dubuque town hall (Monday) night asked, “Why should a 62-year-old man have to pay for maternity care?" Barbara began in a letter to her local paper. "I ask, why should I pay for a bridge I don’t cross, a sidewalk I don’t walk on, a library book I don’t read?"
 

This is democracy manifest. from pics

"Why should I pay for a flower I won’t smell, a park I don’t visit, or art I can’t appreciate? Why should I pay the salaries of politicians I didn’t for, a tax cut that doesn’t affect me, or a loophole I can’t take advantage of?"

"It’s called democracy, a civil society, the greater good. That’s what we pay for," she finished in a letter which has made its way online and received more than 100,000 upvotes on Reddit.

Speaking to The Washington Post, Barbara admitted she was stunned by Blum's remarks as well as the reaction of the online community, saying: "Come on, didn’t we learn this in fifth-grade social studies?"

And that, ladies, is how it's done.

 

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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 48 hours, you will likely be aware that a cyber attack crippled thousands of computer systems across the world from last Friday onwards.

But what exactly is the malware known as WannaCry all about?

So, WannaCry is a particularly heinous form of ransomware which encrypts files on a computer rending them inaccessible, and ultimately holds the owner to ransom by only unlocking the files after the user pays a ransom in Bitcoin.

Since last Friday, the malware hit more than 200,000 machines in 150 countries, including multiple large organisations lke the NHS in the UK, the National Petroleum Corporation in China and Renault factories in France.

While report circulated that the attack had come to an end after a 'kill switch' was triggered on Saturday, this is not the case.

While the switch did, indeed, slow the attack down, researchers confirmed that a new version of the malware had not been affected by the triggering of the switch.

"It's this constant battle," said Ryan O'Leary, vice president of WhiteHat Security's threat research centre. "The bad guys are always one step ahead."

Fortune advises the public to exercise extreme caution when opening emails, and recommends that those who use older versions of Windows should install Microsoft's new security update.

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A 10-year-old girl, who became pregnant after enduring multiple rapes at the hands of her stepfather, is having her case discussed among a panel of doctors in India today.

The child, whose is due to give birth in four months, has found herself at the centre of a legal 'grey area' as Indian law does not allow terminations after 20 weeks unless medical professionals believe the mother's life is in danger.

With the child's family demanding permission for a termination, doctors from the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences are meeting today to discuss the request.

It is understood the case only came to light last week after the child's mother suspected her daughter may be pregnant, and brought her to a doctor.

According to the BBC, the child subsequently revealed she had been raped by her stepfather while her mother was at work and warned against confiding in anyone.

The child's stepfather was arrested and is being detained pending a full police investigation.

It has been established that India's Supreme Court has received several petitions from rape victims in recent months requesting terminations and each case has been referred to a panel of medical experts.

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Last week, Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald, informed her party that she is making it a criminal offence to photograph or film up a woman’s skirt without her express consent.

According to The Irish Times, the move will coincide with the expansion of the definition of ‘revenge porn’ and seeks to deal more effectively with an act known as ‘upskirting’ in addition to the publication of voyeuristic material.

Commenting on the legislative change, an Tánaiste said: “It is important that we ensure our laws can deal effectively with phenomena such as so-called revenge pornography and the publication of voyeuristic material without consent, as recommended by the Law Reform Commission’s report.”

The new legislation will also see the creation of other criminal offences which ‘fall short of the intentional and egregious activity covered by the first offence, and covers the non-consensual taking and distribution of intimate images by any means of communication where this causes harm to that person but without any necessary intent to cause harm.’

The move comes after a report published last September highlighted shortcomings within Irish legislation to protect against revenge porn.

It is understood that the new and extended offences will carry the maximum penalties of a class A fine – currently a fine not exceeding €5,000, and/or up to 12 months’ imprisonment –  and on conviction on indictment an unlimited fine and/or up to seven years’ imprisonment.

Reinforcing the importance of the new legislation, Ms Fitzgerald said: “These acts can cause serious and lasting harm, particularly to young people.”

The final Bill is due to be published shortly.

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At this stage we know better than to expect prolonged periods of sunshine in this country, and yet any reports that suggest we're in for bad weather always tend to come as a bit of a blow, right?

Considering this, we're feeling fairly blue over the two weather warnings issued by Met Éireann this week.

According to their Twitter account, the country is in for periods of heavy and widespread rain with strong winds and extensive mist.

 

"The rain will be heavy at times, especially across southern counties and will be accompanied by hill and coastal mist," read their official forecast.

Further to this pretty grim assessment, forecasters have issued a yellow and orange weather warning.

But the one silver lining (if you look really, really hard) is that, thankfully, temperatures aren't set to dip too low, with highs between 15 and 19 degrees.
 

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The remains of Alan Hawe, a primary school deputy principal, who murdered his wife and three children last year, has been exhumed from the family grave in the town of Castlerahan, Co Cavan.

Following a request for the exhumation in March, Mr Hawe's remains were removed from the small graveyard beside St Mary's Church and will be taken to Glasnevin Crematorium today.

The decision to bury Mr Hawe alongside the woman and three children he murdered, before taking his own life last August, sparked heated discussion in Ireland at the time.

At first light, undertakers, in the presence of Gardaí, HSE staff and Cavan County Council officials, removed the remains following his family's decision to separate him from his four family members.

Under the terms of the licence the body must be reburied or cremated within 48 hours.
 

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Gardaí in Dublin have appealed to the public to come forward with any information they may have pertaining to an incident in Swords which led to the death of a 34-year-old man this week.

It has been confirmed that Chris Fitzgerald has died in hospital this week after suffering serious head injuries following an assault at the weekend.

It has been established that the victim was discovered in the vicinity of the Wright Venue at approximately 03.40 on Sunday and subsequently rushed to Beaumont Hospital.

Reports assert that Mr Fitzgerald will be removed to the City Mortuary where a post mortem examination will take place.

It is understood that a man in his 30s was arrested yesterday and taken to Swords Garda Station for questioning where he can be held for up to 24 hours.

A Garda statement read: "Gardaí are continuing to detain and question a man in his 30s under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Swords Garda Station as part of the investigation."

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for information and have asked members of the public to come forward specifically if they witnessed an altercation between two men outside the popular nightclub between 3,00 and 3.30.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Swords Garda Station on 01-6664700 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111

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