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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as we creep towards the weekend.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #NORTH CAROLINA: A second night of race-related clashes in Charlotte has left one protester on life support as a state of emergency is declared.

2. #POLICING: The chair of GSOC has said that it is unfair that gardaí are dumped with extra work because of the deficiencies in other state agencies.

3. #JOBS: A total of 170 new jobs have been announced by broadband company Eir and pharmaceutical company BioPharma.

4. #BUS STRIKE: The third 48-hour Dublin Bus strike in the current dispute starts tomorrow morning – with the last services set to depart at 9pm tonight.

5. #HONOURED: Adrian Donohoe will be posthumously awarded the Scott Medal for bravery today. The Detective Garda was shot dead during an armed robbery in Louth in 2013.

6. #FEW PINTS: A survey of farmers by the Irish Examiner has found that 23% have driven home from the pub after two or three pints in the last six months. 

7. #ELDER ABUSE: A judge in Kildare has issued two separate protection orders to distressed pensioners who say they are both living in fear of their grandsons.

8. #TRAFFIC: A major collision on Dublin’s M50 motorway is causing delays on the northbound side between junction 6 (Blanchardstown) and junction 5 (Finglas).

9. #WEINER: Disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner allegedly shared explicit messages with a 15-year-old girl reports the Daily Mail.