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The 9 at 9 Welcome to a very wet Friday indeed. Here’s all you need to know this morning.

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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #NO DEAL: Enda Kenny has ruled out a bilateral agreement between Ireland and the UK ahead of Brexit talks.

2. #NAMA HOMELESS HOSTEL: A group of people, including musicians Damien Dempsey and Glen Hansard, have taken over a Nama building in Dublin in order to convert it into housing for the homeless.

3. #FIGHTING BACK: Barack Obama says the US will hit back at Russia over its alleged attempts to influence the American election “at a time and place of our own choosing”.

4. #PARK AND RIDE: A complaint, in which a woman claimed a Luas ad suggested that journeys on the trams were free, has been upheld by the ASAI.

5. #STUDENT ACCOMMODATION: Dublin is getting 571 new student bedrooms.

6. #HEADACHE: Pain relief brand Nurofen has been slapped with a massive fine in Australia for false advertising.

7. #HITLER’S HOUSE: Adolf Hitler’s birth house could become a museum or a refugee centre.

8. #THE GREATEST: Ireland’s rugby victory over New Zealand in Chicago last month has been named the country’s greatest sporting achievement in 2016.

9. #PRO NOTES: A judgement is due this morning from the Supreme Court concerning Independent TD Joan Collins’s appeal to the Minister for Finance’s decision to issue €31 billion in promissory notes.

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