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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. #RATHCOOLE: The body of a man has been found on Steelstown Lane in Rathcoole, the same location where the baby now known as Maria was found earlier this month. 

2. #REFERENDUM: Right about now ballot boxes around the country are being opened as the counts for the same-sex marriage and presidential age referendums get under way.

3. #DUBLIN CASTLE: Members of the public will be allowed into Dublin Castle’s Upper Yard to watch the vote coming in. 

4.#COURTS: A Dublin pensioner has appeared before court having been found with more than €3,000 worth of heroin. 

5. #CLOSED: One of Dublin’s oldest homeless charities has had to stop its Sunday breakfast service due to a number of violent incidents. 

6.#ASHERS BAKERY: The bakery at the heart of the ‘gay cake’ row has said they’ll be sticking to birthday and baby-related celebration cakes from now on. 

7. #JOE MORRISSEY: A former law lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology and US politician has been causing controversy in the United States after posing for bizarre photos with his teenage lover and their baby. 

8. #SUICIDE: The Press Council of Ireland has inserted a new requirement into its Code of Practice about how suicide should be reported. 

9. #RUSSIA: A 21-year-old woman has accidentally shot herself in the head while posing for a selfie with a gun.