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GOOD MORNING

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

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

1. #PINGATE: Minister of State for Equality Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was asked to remove a Yes Equality pin while appearing on RTÉ’s Saturday Night Show last night.

2. #DEVELOPING: Police in Switzerland say they have found several people dead after shots were heard in a northern town.

3. #POSITIVE: A Monaghan inter-county GAA player is facing a ban after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug reports The Sunday Times.

4. #RESISTANCE: Seventeen people have been arrested in London after clashes with police during an anti-austerity protest near Downing Street. (BBC)

5. #DIAL A CAN: A Dublin TD is pushing gardaí to crack down on the illegal delivery of alcohol to homes in her area.

6. #LOOPHOLE: ESB workers have benefited from a secret government deal allowing them to avoid paying USC on their company shares according to The Sunday Business Post.

7. #WINGED BEASTS: It’s the time of year when hundreds of thousands of St Mark’s flies appear in Ireland. Don’t worry though, they’re weird looking but not dangerous.

8. #ROADS: A 24-year-old woman has died after she was struck by a car in Galway last night.  

9. #MEET BEN CARSON: The controversial brain surgeon who’s compared ISIS to the US founding fathers and is now running for the White House.

 

 

 

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