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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s getting close to the weekend, and here are the top stories you need to know.

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

1. #KILLINEY: Proceedings are expected to be brought against solicitor Brian O’Donnell for trespassing on his former mansion in Killiney.

2. #SMELLY BUSINESS: A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency has shown more than 90% of complaints to the body were concerns relating to odour.

3. #PATRICK LYTTLE: The Irish man who was seriously hurt after being punched by his brother in Australia last month has called for charges to be dropped.

4. #OUTGOING: People have been trying to transfer tens of millions in pension funds out of Ireland over the past three years. 

5. #INDONESIA: Australia has offered a prisoner swap deal in an attempt to save two of its citizens set to face a firing squad later today.

6. #SKUNK: Concerns are being raised about the prevalence of an extremely potent strain of cannabis in Ireland. 

7. #AMBASSADOR: The US Ambassador to South Korea has had his face slashed in an attack by a protester this morning.

8. #URINAL POWER: A new system utilising the energy generating by urinals could soon be used to power refugee camps in war zones. 

9. #UKRAINE: More than thirty are feared to have been killed at an explosion in a mine in east Ukraine. 

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