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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 These are the top stories you need to know this morning.

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

1. #DUBLIN: A woman has died after she was hit by a Luas tram last night.

2. #HAMBURG: Anti-globalisation activists have rioted for a second night as Hamburg hosts the Group of 20 leaders, setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police with slingshots and petrol bombs.

3. #THIRD TEST: The British and Irish Lions are looking to make rugby union history this morning by beating New Zealand in a Test series for the first time since 1971.

4. #LET’S TALK: With no deal done between Sinn Féin and the DUP, there’s to be a hiatus over the summer, with no agreement expected before the Autumn.

5. #SPECIAL DELIVERIES: ‘If you’re hiding something, we’ll find it’: This is how Revenue catch drug smugglers here.

6. #DROGHEDA: A man charged with attempting to drown a Jack Russell terrier by allegedly tying a five litre drum of water to its neck using cables is to face trial by judge and jury.

7. #FLIGHT DELAYS: Here’s why Ryanair has gone to war with ‘claim chasers’.

8. #WAS IT FOR THIS: Michael Collins would not approve of suggestions Ireland should follow the United Kingdom out of the European Union, one MEP has said.

9. #HOUSE OF CARDS: Would you like to work in Leinster House? A new apprenticeship programme could be on the way.