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What you may need to know

1. Jack Ryan is BACK! He was Alec Baldwin, then Harrison Ford, then Ben Affleck, now he’s… Captain Kirk?

2. Ryan creator Tom Clancy passed away last week. Never read his books, but his video games ROCKED.

3. Shadow Recruit is directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, who doubles up as the bad guy to save a few quid.

4. Keira Knightly plays the love interest, because you have to be in a big stupid hit every once in a while.

5. Kevin Costner is to hand, to remind audiences what an actual movie star looks like.

6. We’re still not convinced by the whole Chris Pine thing, particularly after that second Star Trek movie.

7. Best YouTube comment: ‘So…a movie trailer that starts with a man outrunning bullets…does not instill confidence in me.’

Release Date: Xmas

DARPA

The most successful performance to date of Boston Dynamics’ Wildcat robot – funded by US military tech developer DARPA’s M3 programme – a wireless, free-roaming version of the headless Cheetah (which can run faster than Usain Bolt).

The prototype, which can bound, gallop, corner and reach a top speed of 16mph (25.7km/h), has a few minor teething troubles to sort out but should be ready to hunt down and kill all humans any day now.

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Christian.

Muriel Molloy writes:

In through the letter box of a Saturday afternoon, just a smidgen of vitriolic bile from the Catholic Church. Suggested letter to send to people to decline your invite to their non-church wedding. This makes me sad because I had a non-religious ceremony and would have been devastated if we had got this from someone…

 

Previously: I Am Not Homophobic I Am A Catholic

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903166029031658590316562-190316558Scenes from Dublin Castle this evening as returns gave a victory for the ‘No’ side in the referendum to abolish the senate and a yes to the introduction of a court of appeal.

From top: Fine Gael’s referendum campaign team, from left: Simon Harris, Richard Bruton and Regina O’Doherty, Enda Kenny; Eamon Gilmore and Alex White; from left Senator sFeargal Quinn, Senator Dr Katherine Zappone, John Crown and Micheal Martin, and Senators Darragh O’Brien and David Norris.

As It Happened: Govt defeated in referendum to abolish Seanad (RTE)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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