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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as Friday gets underway.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #HIT AND RUN: A jogger who was knocked down in a hit and run incident has died in hospital.

2. #FINED: Drimnagh credit union has been fined €125,000 for breaching several laws, including ones relating to money laundering and terrorist financing.

3. #SOLIDARITY: The Anti-Austerity Alliance is due to rebrand as Solidarity.

4. #AIR CORPS: An exclusive investigation by TheJournal.ie reveals how a whistleblower in the Air Corps believes over 1,000 people could be affected by exposure to dangerous chemicals.

5. #CHALLENGE: US president Donald Trump’s new travel ban is facing a round of legal challenges from a number of states.

6. #SOUTH KOREA: South Korea’s president has been officially removed from office.

7. #CHOICE PRIZE: Limerick and Clare-based hip hop group Rusangano Family have picked up the RTÉ Choice Music Prize album of the year for their album Let the Dead Bury the Dead.

8. #DEFENCE: A number of the country’s largest religious organisations have defended their contributions to the €1.5 billion bill for paying redress to survivors of institutional abuse, RTÉ reports.

9. #FIRE: An elderly man died in a house fire in Donegal yesterday afternoon.