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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s Friday. We made it.

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

1. #IBRC: The fallout from the Siteserv deal continues, as missing files show that the IBRC write down was €9 million more than previously thought.

2. #HANDOUT: The head of the FAI says that taking the 2022 World Cup from Qatar could bankrupt FIFA, as it was confirmed that the FAI got €5 million in the wake of the Thierry Henry handball that denied Ireland a chance at the 2010 World Cup.

3. #GSOC: The Justice Minister has decided to open an independent investigation into the conduct of the Garda Ombudsman after a garda took his own life after being interviewed by GSOC.

4. #ECHR: The European Court of Human Rights will decide today if a French man who is in a vegetative state can be taken off life support.

5. #YANGTZE: 442 people are feared dead after Chinese officials accepted there is “no hope” for survivors in the Yangtze River disaster.

6. #RAIN RAIN: The weather is crap and will remain crap all weekend.

7. #BALLYCASTLE: An investigation is under-way after the bodies of a man and a woman were found at a house in Ballycastle, County Antrim.

8. #SUBWAY DIET: Sandwich chain Subway has announced it is dropping artificial ingredients.

9. #HACKED: The US says Chinese hackers stole the personal details of four million civil servants.