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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s Friday and here’s what you need to know.

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

1. #SURGERIES: New figures show that 2,876 surgeries were cancelled last month.

2. #JAILED: Two men who attacked a bin man and a garda because their bin wasn’t collected have been jailed.

3. #CONCUSSIONS: A new study suggests that adult soccer players who regularly head the ball are three times more likely to show concussion symptoms.

4. #IRELAND ONLINE: Demand for .ie domain names is dropping, but international demand is rising.

5. #SNAPCHAT: Social media site Snapchat is aiming to raise $3 billion as it sells shares on the stock market.

6. #ALL ABOUT EU: Enda Kenny meets with EU leaders in Malta today, but British Prime Minister Theresa May will be locked out of a second session meeting.

7. #TAYTO PARK: The father of a girl who broke her neck on the Cú Chulainn rollercoaster in Tayto Park says there needs to be a state agency to investigate such injuries.

8. #BOWLING GREEN MASSACRE: Senior Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has used “The Bowling Green massacre” as justification for the administration’s travel ban – an event which never happened.

9. #RUNNING MATES: Fianna Fáil TD Pat Casey says it “wasn’t easy” for him to take the news Stephen Donnelly was joining the party.