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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as the weekend gets started.

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

1. #GAS: The CER has confirmed that a full investigation will be launched into how odourless gas made it into the gas network in Mayo and Galway.

2. #MARIA: 70,000 people were yesterday ordered to evacuate their homes in Puerto Rico after a dam failed in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

3. #SUSPENDED: TheJournal.ie has learned that two first-year students at a Dublin private school were suspended after making death threats and racist comments to a black classmate.

4. #HELP TO BUY: Documents released to TheJournal.ie show the public’s reaction to former Housing Minister Simon Coveney’s Help to Buy scheme.

5. #NORTH KOREA: US president Donald Trump has upped the ante in his war of words with North Korea’s leader, labelling him a “madman”.

6. #TRIBUNAL: The Charleton Tribunal yesterday heard details of a statement made by the partner of garda whistleblower Keith Harrison outlining his obsessive and irrational behaviour.

7. #MAY: There has been a lot of international reaction to UK leader Theresa May’s Brexit speech, in which she proposed a two-year transition period for Britain after it leaves the European Union.

8. #MACRON: French president Emmanuel Macron said that greater clarity is needed over Brexit negotiations, RTÉ reports.

9. #RYANAIR: As issues at the airline mount over pilot’s pay and conditions Ryanair pilots have labelled the comments of CEO Michael O’Leary a “disgrace”, reports the Irish Times.