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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #ADRIAN BAYLEY: The man who was convicted of murdering Jill Meagher down a laneway in Melbourne has lost his appeal to reduce his 35 year minimum sentence.
2. #IMF: Ireland has passed the 11th IMF review and will receive further funding of €770 million.
3. #ABORTION: Abortion laws may not commence until next year as a committee has three months to report on recommendations on how to practically implement the new legislation.
4. #IBRC: The Fiscal Advisory Council says the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation could reduce Ireland’s funding requirement by €1 billion each year. [RTE]
5. #ABUSE: Sexual abuse service CARI says it has seen children as young as 8 with suicidal thoughts and mental health issues as a result of abuse.
6. #EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: With the new boundaries of Ireland’s European constituencies announced yesterday, Brian Hayes is refusing to rule out running, while Norah Casey said ‘no way’.
7. #FARMERS: Seven out of ten farmers go to mass and more than 63 per cent agree in abortion when the life of the mother is at risk, according to a survey by The Irish Examiner.
8. #PERU: Michaella McCollum Connelly and Melissa Reid have had their guilty plea rejected by the Peruvian prosecutor.
9. #IRAN: Historic talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme are taking place between Iran and the US.
Over on DailyEdge.ie: Spencer from Made in Chelsea on his ‘sixsome’, sleeping with a prostitute and taking acid, and Madonna dropping the lámh on her ex-husband… it’s The Dredge!
