The 9 at 9: Sunday

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as we start Sunday.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #PRSI: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar wants to revert to an older system of pay-related benefits, whereby workers who lose their job would get 70% of their salary while they look for a new job.

2. #ST CUTHBERTS: Residents in a South Dublin area are trying to reclaim a local park that has been blighted by antisocial behaviour in recent years.

3. #GATE THEATRE: Michael Colgan says he failed to see and ‘should have respected differences between friends and employees‘ but that his behaviour should not be equated with sexual crimes.

4. #DUNFIRTH FARM: A review has been launched into fees charged at a centre for residents on the autism spectrum after an inspection highlighted concerns about how these fees were being calculated.

5. #TEMPLE BAR: One man’s ‘selfish’ bid to protect his private garden is stalling the old Central Bank’s overhaul.

6. #DRUGS: Irish recreational drug users are spending around €200 million each year on drugs, according to estimates by the authors of a new report.

7. #LABOUR RATE: The world’s biggest security firm is refusing to improve redundancy payouts for Irish staff.

8. #GENDER EQUALITY: A commission on the Status of Women is to be launched to tackle the issue of gender inequality.

9. #GENETIC MECHANISM: Why is it so hard to quit smoking? Tiny worms may have the answers.