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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know this windy Thursday morning.

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

1. #FEAST OF FOOTBALL: From shootin’ to Putin: Here’s TheJournal.ie‘s bluffer’s guide to the World Cup 2018.

2. #BLUSTERY: Thousands of people across Ireland have been left without power following Storm Hector.

3. #NEW YORK: Conor McGregor is due back before a judge today in Brooklyn Criminal Court.

4. #URGENCY: The US has set out its terms for North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal.

5. #JERUSALEM: There are calls for RTÉ to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel next year.

6. #TRAGEDY: London has remembered the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire one year on.

7. #PICKING UP PACE: The ice of Antarctica is melting at three times its previous rate.

8. #DIGITAL REPORT: TheJournal.ie is the most popular online Irish news source for the second year in a row.

9. #REALITY TV: Over 100,000 Irish people are following Love Island on 3e.