A glance at the week that was
Exam Pressure
It was always going to be a big week for the country's Leaving Cert students, but little did they know of the drama that would play out on Wednesday when a superintendant at a Drogheda school accidentally handed out English paper 2 instead of paper 1. Thanks to the web, within hours most students knew what was on it and Thursday's exam was postponed until a replacement could be set for today. In both internet and exam lingo, that was a massive fail.
Living the dream
A Spanish man whom the Dalai Lama, left, had declared the living reincarnation of a Tibetan spiritual leader has decided that he would prefer to live the life of an ordinary guy rather than that of an object of worship. Osel Hita Torres had been chosen at only 14 months, and spent much of his childhood in an Indian monastary. He says he was unhappy with the "medieval situation". Later studying in Europe, he was shocked when he first saw disco dancing, and has since gone on to study film.
We now know
Kim Jong-un - the youngest son of Kim Jong-il - has been named as the successor to North Korea's leader
Ireland has three fewer Blue Flag beaches than last year
Nearly half of all Irish children get sunburnt in Ireland every summer, according to new research
The numbers
12Ireland's place on the World Peace Index. New Zealand is the safest country, Iraq the most dangerous
996,000Peak viewing figures for Pat Kenny's final Late Late Show
19.2mPeak viewing figures for the final of Britain's Got Talent - making it the UK's most watched programme in five years
"If someone wants to pay a fiver for using the toilet, I'll carry them down personally. I'll wipe their bum for a fiver"-Ryanair's Michael O'Leary