The 9 at 9: Friday

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

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

1. #BUS ÉIREANN: An all-out strike began this morning at Bus Éireann. Here’s what you need to know to get around.

2. #KNOCK-ON EFFECTS: Due to some of its workers not passing picket lines, there are significant service disruptions at Irish Rail this morning.

3. #ULTIMATUM: Donald Trump has given Republicans an ultimatum to pass his health care today or he’ll retain Obamacare and move on.

4. #SUNSHINE: A good weekend of weather has been forecast.

5. #DROWNED: Around 250 are feared dead in new migrant boat sinkings.

6. #LAID TO REST: Martin McGuinness made his final journey yesterday, as he was buried in his home county of Derry.

7. #GAMERCON: It has been warned that future GamerCon conventions will not go ahead unless ‘every single problem’ is identified after queuing chaos.

8. #DOG BITING: A judge has said it was regretful that a dog owner did not do the ‘proper decent thing’ in a case where an eight-year-old child was bitten.

9. #FATAL CRASH: A cyclist was killed in a road traffic collision in Dublin city centre last night.