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# The 9 at 9
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.
EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories, a little before nine, you need to know with your morning coffee.
1. #CHARITIES: Over 60 per cent of charities claim that the negative publicity of recent controversies in the sector has resulted in a drop in their revenue.
2. #TURKEY: The number of those killed in the mining explosion stands at 282, with strike action taking place today in protest over the country’s worst industrial disaster.
3. #BINGE DRINKING: Ireland has the second highest rate of binge drinking in the world.
4. #CHILDCARE: Early Childhood Ireland has said steps to maintain standards of care following a damning RTÉ investigation last year have ‘not been enough’.
5. #ASBESTOS: The Irish Examiner reports that asbestos has been discovered on a third Irish Navy vessel.
6.#TUBRIDY: Writing in the Irish Independent radio broadcaster Ryan Tubridy says he doesn’t regret comments he made yesterday where he said that he would break the legs of anyone who inflicted domestic violence on his family.
7.#RAPE: The Herald reports that gardaí are investigating allegations that a woman was gang raped by five men on a stag party.
8.#PORN: A London police officer who sent pornographic videos and photographs to colleagues while he was working at Downing Street has been fined £6,000 by a court.
9.#NEW YORK TIMES: Executive editor Jill Abramson has been fired.
