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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Public Services Card controversy and Ibrahim Halawa on the Late Late are just some of the main stories this morning.

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

1. #PSC: Documents released to TheJournal.ie under Freedom of Information show how government agencies have been inundated with criticism and plain bafflement as to how the Public Services Card expansion will work.

2. #TRIBUTES: Friends of the four Argentinians who died in this week’s terror attack in New York paid an emotional tribute to their lifelong pals yesterday.

3. #LATE LATE: Ibrahim Halawa appeared on the Late Late Show last night and said that he didn’t rip up his Irish passport and doesn’t support the Muslim Brotherhood.

4. #STOLEN: A prolific DoneDeal scam artist caught in a “sting” has been jailed for five years.

5. #GATE THEATRE: Seven women have alleged abuse and harassment against a former longtime director of the Gate Theatre, the Irish Times has reported.

6. #PLANNING: Locals near the Hell Fire Club have petitioned the local council not to press ahead with controversial expansion plans.

7. #GPO GIRL: Four years after ‘GPO girl’ mystery, the woman behind it has appealed a jail sentence in Australia.

8. #WORKING 9 TO 5: 83 businesses were brought to court this year over employment breaches.

9. #CARDIOVASCULAR: Babies born at 35 weeks “could be at risk of heart disease when adults“.