The 9 at 9: Saturday

The 9 at 9 It’s Saturday and here’s everything you need to know as you start your weekend.

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

1. #STRIKE: The National Bus and Rail Union has hit out at the use of “scab labour” in the dispute between Luas drivers and operator Transdev.

2. #CHICAGO: Donald Trump was forced to cancel a rally after violence broke out between protesters and supporters.

3. #KILLARNEY: A fund has been set up to help cover the cost of bringing Karol Rozycki back to Poland for burial.

4. #RIP: Rock legend Keith Emerson has been found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, aged 71.

5. #COURTS: A Dublin man who is serving a 12-year sentence will not spend any extra time in prison for beating his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend unconscious.

6. #BI-PATERNAL: Tests showed that two-year-old twins had different fathers after a husband became suspicious one of the children looked different.

7. #ONLY IN RUSSIA: The Russian Ministry of Defence wants to buy five dolphins for €22,000 and no, they don’t want to disclose why.

8. #HISTORIC: Pakistan has criminalised sexual assault against children, child pornography and trafficking for the first time.

9. #AMANDA TODD: The mother of a teenager who died tragically by suicide has spoken out about cyber-bullying.