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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what’s making headlines this morning.

LAST UPDATE | Jun 8th 2020, 8:46 AM

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

1. #PHASE TWO: Here is what people can do from today as Ireland heads into ‘Phase Two Plus’ of the government’s updated roadmap to easing restrictions. 

2. #CARRIGALINE: A male teenager is due in court this morning following an incident in which another a teenager received several apparent stab wounds in Cork on Saturday night. 

3. #GEORGE FLOYD: Minneapolis councillors have pledged to dismantle and rebuild the police department. 

4. #GOVERNMENT FORMATION: The leaders of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party are to meet today for further talks towards forming a government.

5. #WATER: A national water conservation order – or a hosepipe ban – will come into effect tomorrow and remain in place until Tuesday, 21 July.

6. #HEADING OUT: Here is everything you need to know about using public transport from today. 

7. #HAIR ISSUES: The Irish Hairdressers Federation has published guidelines it says will allow salons to open later this month. 

8. #STATUE: UK police have launched an investigation after protesters in Bristol pulled down the controversial statue of a 17th Century slave trader and MP, Edward Colston.

9. #JACINDA ARDERN: New Zealand has lifted its Covid-19 restrictions after the final person known to have been infected had recovered.

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