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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as we enter the weekend.

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

1. #ENDA THE LINE: Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he is focused on his “responsibility as leader of the country” and not speculation about his job.

2. #I’M OUT: One Fine Gael Minister who’s ruled himself out of the leadership race is Paschal Donohoe.

3. #WHITE HOUSE: In a bizarre press conference last night, US President Donald Trump spoke about fake news, the travel ban, nuclear holocaust and more.

4. #WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY: Microsoft says it will create 600 jobs as part of a major investment in Ireland.

5. #GRAVE: A state-of-the-art surveillance system is in operation at an inner city cemetery to protect the headstone of murdered Kinahan cartel member David Byrne.

6. #REGENERATION: Plans to improve investment and facilities in north inner city Dublin were unveiled last night.

7. #BLAIR’S BACK: Former UK PM Tony Blair is to announce his “mission” to persuade Britons to “rise up” and change their minds on Brexit.

8. #TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: The community of Shankill in Dublin is standing up against a sex attacker plaguing their area by marching through all the places the man has struck.

9. #ZUCK’S BOOK: Mark Zuckerberg has penned a 6,500 word essay that’s being labelled as his ‘manifesto for Facebook’.

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