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The 9 at 9 It’s Friday and here’s what you need to know.

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

1. #TRACKER MORTGAGES: More than 30,000 people may be affected by the tracker mortgage scandal – double the Central Bank estimate.

2. #UNLUCKY FOR SOME: Homes with the number 13 are €4,000 cheaper than their neighbours, a new report from Daft.ie shows.

3. #WEINSTEIN: Actress Emma Thompson says that Harvey Weinstein is the “tip of the iceberg”. In a scathing interview, she called him “a predator”.

4. #BELFAST: The family of a woman who may have been killed two years ago have said they are “shocked and heartbroken”.

5. #NAMA: The state’s bad bank Nama is to pay back its debts ahead of schedule.

6. #TRUMPCARE: Donald Trump has dismantled key Obamacare payments in a move called “spiteful”.

7. #CALIFORNIA: The death toll in the California wildfires has risen to 31.

8. #COMPLAINT: Brendan Howlin has complained to the state’s political standards watchdog over the Taoiseach’s decision to spend €5 million on a “spin unit”.

9. #MENTAL HEALTH: A situation where two patients spent the night on chairs in a mental health unit has been slammed as “totally unacceptable”.

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