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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

LAST UPDATE | 3 Aug 2018

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #OBERSTOWN: Two staff members at the Oberstown detention facility were threatened with disciplinary action by management after they refused to bring a detainee for ice cream.

2. #ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, has narrowly won the country’s landmark election.

3. #TRUMP: US president Donald Trump’s attacks on the media have been strongly condemned by two experts of press freedom and human rights.

4. #FATALITY: A 70-year-old man has died following a collision in Galway yesterday afternoon.

5. #OUT-OF-HOURS: A business executive at a subsidiary of meat producer, Kepak has been awarded €7,500 over being required to deal with out-of-hours work emails, including some after mid-night, that led to work in excess of 48 hours a week.

6. #CREDIT UNIONS: The number of credit unions in Ireland has dropped by over 25% in the last five years.

7. #BUS CONNECTS: The first public meeting about the new Bus Connects services was launched in Charlestown shopping centre in Finglas yesterday.

8. #BREXIT: British Prime Minister is to meet with French president Emmanuel Macron today, seeking to soften resistance to a Brexit plan which has upended her government while failing to win over sceptical EU negotiators.

9. #GAME-CHANGER: A new sports supplement could be a game-changer for tired sportspeople according to researchers at DCU.