LAST UPDATE | 9 Jul 2018

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #DEXIT: David Davis, the UK Brexit Secretary, has quit his post in a massive blow to Theresa May.

2. #MONEY LAUNDERING: A Dublin tanning bed salon is being used to wash heroin money, gardaí believe.

3. #THAILAND: The operation to free the remaining members of a boys’ football team and their coach from a flooded cave has resumed.

4. #NOVICHOK: A woman who came in contact with the poison Novichok in the English town of Amesbury has died.

5. #GENDER BALANCE: The theatre sector will today announce a new policy around gender balance.

6. #HOWTH: The Coast Guard was called to resuscitate an unconscious swimmer in Howth yesterday.

7. #SKY’S THE LIMIT: TV provider Sky is taking hundreds of cases against pubs which are illegally showing sporting events.

8. #FAILTE: The government will fund a programme which sees American and Canadian students coming here to learn Irish.

9. #WEATHER WATCH It’s set to be hot and (mostly) dry this week – but some rain is on the way.

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