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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s the news as you wake up to your weekend.

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

1. #TRAGEDY: Two men have died following an overnight house fire in Sligo.

2. #ABORTION: The Citizens’ Assembly votes on the Eighth Amendment today, six months after it first met.

3. #LE CRUNCH: There’s less than 24 hours left until voting starts in a crucial French presidential election.

4. #TESTED: A total of 59 members of the Defence Forces have failed drug tests in the last five years but just 29 were discharged from duty.

5. #BULLYING: A councillor in Kildare has resigned from Sinn Féin, claiming that bullying within the party had left her with no other option.

6. #REVOKED: The general contractor who built a downtown Berkeley apartment complex where five Irish young people died has lost its licence. (East Bay Times)

7. #DRUG USE: Doctors at the Irish Medical Organisation have spoken about the difficulties they face when treating people who are using illegal substances.

8. #NORTH KOREA: Supercarrier the USS Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan ‘within days’ amid ongoing tensions in the Korean peninsula.

9. #CELEBRATION OF SHEEP: Roscommon locals have used crowdfunding to get a life-size sheep sculpture ready in time for the Roscommon Lamb Festival.

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