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The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know this morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #BREXIT: President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is to hold a meeting about Brexit with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Government Buildings in Dublin today.

2. #JAILED: Former Anglo Irish Bank chief David Drumm is beginning a six-year jail term for his part in a multi-billion euro bank fraud scheme.

3. #GARDAÍ: Officers based in Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park are in a dispute with management over a plan to reassign them to stations across the country.

4. #IMMIGRATION: The US House of Representatives is to vote on two immigration reform bills today, but it’s not clear if either has the support to pass.

5. #STEPASIDE: Stepaside Garda Station is still closed, a year after Transport Minister Shane Ross announced it would re-open, and locals aren’t happy.

6. #BORDER: The European Union is working on estimations for what different types of borders for the island of Ireland could cost post-Brexit, but is not giving us figures.

7. #UK: The families of 456 hospital patients in the UK who had their lives shortened by the unjustified prescription of powerful painkillers have called for those responsible to face criminal charges, Sky News reports.

8. #RUGBY: Joe Schmidt has made five personnel changes to his starting XV as Ireland look to secure their first series success on Australian soil since 1979 with a win in Saturday’s final Test against the Wallabies in Sydney.

9. #NEW ZEALAND: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to a baby girl in an Auckland hospital, becoming only the second world leader to do so while in office.

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