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1. #STRIKE OUT: Dublin Bus drivers remain on strike today, meaning a payday for taxis.

2. #BURLINGTON: At least four women are dead after a shooting in the US state of Washington.

3. #CORB-WIN: Jeremy Corbyn is expected to see off a leadership challenge and stay the head of the British Labour Party today.

4. #COURTS: A judge has fined a woman following complaints by the Department of Education that her teenage daughter has not attended hundreds of days of school.

5. #MARCH: Dublin will today see a major march by campaigners demanding the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

6. #RURAL CRIME: Farmers are being warned that criminals are continuing to target livestock.

7. #NAAS: A spokesperson for the National Ambulance Service says the the paramedics who tried in vain to save a pensioner from a burning ambulance will need counselling and support to deal with what happened.

8. #EDENDERRY: A young boy is in a critical condition after falling from an apartment in Offaly.

9. #TIGHT LIPPED: President Michael D Higgins has declined to comment on whether he will seek a second term.

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The 9 at 9 It’s the weekend and here’s what you need to know.

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