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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s the weekend. Here’s everything you need to know as you kick it off.

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

1. #FINAL STAGES: With less than a week to go before the same-sex marriage referendum, the Yes side is sustaining a commanding poll lead.

2. #TSARNEV: There’s mixed emotions among survivors following a jury’s decision to execute Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

3. #UP ANCHOR: Naval Service ship the LÉ Eithne and 68 crew will depart from Cork today to help with migrant rescue efforts in the Mediterranean.

4. #IDENTITY: A 74-year-old Russian man who claims he was born in Dublin is fighting to have his birth registered as Irish.

5. #AMTRAK: The train that derailed in Philadelphia killing eight people on Tuesday may have been hit by an object reports BBC News.

6. #IN MEMORY: A ceremony will take place in Dublin today to commemorate the 41sth anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.

7. #ISIS: Islamic State militants have forced Iraqi forces out of the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi. (The Guardian)

8. #ESCAPE: Two prison officers who were seriously assaulted by prisoner Derek Brockwell have been sent a letter from the Irish Prison Service about their sick leave.

 9. ‘STORMIN’ MORMON’: Two-time presidential candidate Mitt Romney lost to Evander Holyfield in a charity boxing match last night.

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