Fresh-faced Irish political youth controversially urge a yes vote in the Children’s referendum at the Wolfe Tone statue on O’Connell Street, in Dublin earlier.

From left: Patrick Molloy (FG), Aideen Carberry (Labour), Paul Anthony Ward (FF), Daniel Meister (National Youth Council Of Ireland) and Adam Douglas (Greens).

The five then went to the beach where they feasted on cake and lashings of ginger ale given to them by Uncle Quentin Aunt Fanny.

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Nigel Ackland, who lost his forearm six years ago in an industrial accident, demonstrates the impressive Terminator-style bebionic3 prosthetic which can perform fourteen actions controlled by muscle twitches in his upper arm. The carbon fibre/aluminium limb can hold up to 45kg of weight.

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As the Chinese Communist Party meet in Beijing the delegates face the task of choosing a new leader to replace Hu Jintao. While China made great progress economically under Mr Hu, the last year of his rule was dogged by scandal, corruption and murder.

His successor faces the daunting task of repairing the party’s image, while simultaneously managing the scientific development of the harmonious society founded by the late Mao Zedong.

While Broadsheet has always been proud of our political independence, we believe that the time has come to endorse the candidacy of Xi Jinping.

Mr Xi, a farm labourer from Shaanxi who studied Chemical Engineering Tsingua University before pursuing a career in politics, is the right man to lead the greatest and most powerful country on earth.

He has the talent, the intelligence and the honesty to guide the democratic centralist reforms which will increase exports, raise living standards and protect China from the aggressive nationalism of the Taiwanese Kuomintang.

Broadsheet calls on all delegates to the 18th Communist Party Congress to vote for Xi Jinping, and his running mate Li Keqiang.

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