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The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…

EACH DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you should know with your morning cup of coffee.

1. #ROAD DEATH: A 26-year-old man who was seriously injured in a road crash in Wicklow on Friday night has passed away at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin. The man was involved in a collision with a tour bus which was en route to Glendalough that afternoon.

2. #G8: The G8 summit is due to get underway tomorrow and final preparations for the security operation are being out in place. RTÉ reports that over 900 gardaí have been assigned to police the border region during the summit. Today, police in Northern Ireland said there would be further protests in Fermanagh following a rally yesterday which was attended by about 1,500 people.

3. #DRIVING: It’s time to say goodbye to the classic driving test feedback form as the Road Safety Authority phases it out in favour of forms filled out by examiners on tablet devices. The changes mean that candidates will now be sent a summary of their faults by email or post.

4. #MINIMUM WAGE: Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has called for an increase in the minimum wage, The Sunday Times reports. Critics of the idea have said that it could damage competitiveness and there is a danger it could put struggling small firms under even more pressure.

5. #ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP: Drinks giant Diageo has threatened to scale back its operations here if the government presses ahead with a proposed crackdown on alcohol sponsorship, the Sunday Business Post reports. The company directly employs around 1,500 people in Ireland.

6. #MIGRANTS: Newly released figures have shown that the amount of money repatriated abroad by migrants living in Ireland has fallen over the last six years. Last year, the figure stood at just over €1.6 billion compared to €1.9 billion in 2007.

7. #TURKEY: Protesters clashed with police in Istanbul last night after riot squads used tear gas and water cannons to push crowds out of Gezi Park, BBC reports. After the square was cleared, protesters who fled ripped up paving stones and tore down fences to use as barricades as they attempted to regroup in nearby streets.

8. #PAKISTAN: An official day of mourning has been declared in a Pakistani city after the deaths of 25 people in gun attacks yesterday. An extremist Sunni group has claimed responsibility for the attacks on a hospital and a bus that was carrying women students, AFP reports this morning.

9. REUNITED: A Spanish woman has been reunited with her son after he was taken away from more her than four decades ago. The woman became pregnant out of wedlock when she was 22 and her father gave the newborn to nuns at a convent without her consent, AFP reports. DNA tests have proven that the 44-year-old is her son who she now talks to every single day.

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