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The 9 at 9
Trump flies to France for D-Day, the benefits of carbon tax, and Pete Taylor takes legal action against the Garda Commissioner.
EVERY MORNING TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. #COURTS: Boxing trainer Pete Taylor has initiated legal proceedings against the Garda Commissioner and a number of news publications and journalists.
2. #D-DAY: World leaders will attend ceremonies on the beaches of Normandy, where 75 years ago Allied troops landed to push Nazi forces out of France during World War II.
3. #STICK THAT IN YOUR PIPE: A carbon tax could reduce emissions by up to 10% and reduce income inequality despite concerns poorer families would be worst hit by a tax, ESRI research has claimed.
4. #FOUL: The Football Association of Ireland’s computer servers were the subject ‘of external hacking’ last weekend, it has emerged.
5. #MERGING TRAFFIC: Italian-American car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler has withdrawn a proposal for a merger with Renault, blaming the French government.
6. #PIG EBOLA: Millions of pigs have been culled in China and Vietnam to contain the spread of highly-contagious African swine fever.
7. #COMPENSATION: A distribution company has been ordered to pay €22,419 to a truck driver who claims he was unfairly dismissed following an oil spill incident.
8. #HIGH STANDARDS: Japan’s health and labour minister has defended workplaces that require women to wear high heels to work, arguing it is “necessary and appropriate”.
9. #SLÁINTE: Donald Trump’s sons pulled pints of Guinness and visited four pubs in Doonbeg last night, saying that the support for their father far-outweighed the protests.
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