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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Everyone’s talking about the cost of water meters, a direct provision priest and unusual robbery in Dublin.

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

Ireland

toy show Barbie and The Fat Controller with Sophie Clarke (5) from Maynooth at the Christmas Toy Show at the RDS. Conor McCabe Conor McCabe

International

India NCC Day An Indian student dressed like an army soldier during a drill in Bhubaneswar. Biswaranjan Rout / PA Images Biswaranjan Rout / PA Images / PA Images

#AFGHANISTAN: Around 50 people were killed and 60 others wounded when a suicide bomb blast ripped through crowds at a volleyball game.

#CHARING CROSS: A dramatic fire at London’s Charing Cross station was deemed not suspicious.

#SAN FRANCISCO: A window cleaner fell 11 stories from the roof of a San Francisco bank and survived despite suffering terrible injuries.

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Parting Shot

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Not for the faint hearted, this is the Skyscraper. It will open in 2017 and will take the mantle of the world’s tallest roller-coaster.

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