The 9 at 9 Here’s the headlines you need to know this Friday morning.

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1. #CONSENT The Law Reform Commission will publish a paper examining the reform of sexual consent laws, including provisions for a new offence called “gross negligence rape”.

2. #GREECE The Greek government say there are strong indications that recent wildfires that killed 82 people were started deliberately.

3. #DÁIL The State’s ethics watchdog has expressed concerns over a gap in the law which means complaints against TDs cannot be investigated after they have left office.

4. #WATERFORD Tributes have been paid to 25-year-old fisherman Jack Power, who was stabbed to death in Dunmore East in Waterford yesterday morning.

5. #HIV A new self-test HIV kit will go on sale in pharmacies around the country from today.

6. BOYCOTT Independent minister Katherine Zappone has still not decided if she will support Government attempts to defeat a bill that would boycott certain Israeli goods and services.

7. #MCGREGOR Conor McGregor will be evaluated to see how many anger management classes he needs, after being sentenced for disorderly conduct in New York.

8. #POPE VISIT The World Meeting of Families is looking for 4,000 Eucharistic ministers to volunteer at the Pope’s Mass in the Phoenix Park next month.

9. #WEATHER It’ll be a cloudy, dull start to the day, but conditions will clear by mid-morning before rain develops in the west and moves eastwards as the evening continues.

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