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The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as the day gets started.

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

1. #PLAYBOY: Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, has died aged 91.

2. #TRIBUNAL: Keith Harrison will give evidence to the Tribunal today. Here’s what his partner, Marisa Simms, told the Tribunal yesterday.

3. #BUDGET 2018: The tourist industry could lose its 9% VAT rate as it’s ‘under consideration’ for Budget 2018.

4. #FACEBOOK: Mark Zuckerberg has reacted strongly to claims that Facebook is “always anti-Trump”.

5. #AMD: Age-related macular degeneration is causing sight loss in thousands of Irish people every year.

6. #LONDON: Police in the UK capital appealed for information after an elderly cancer patient was violently mugged.

7. #CORPORATE TAX: Trump and his Republican Party have announced sweeping tax reforms that will see the corporate tax rate slashed.

8. #ABORTION: Almost half of all abortions happening around the world every year are unsafe.

9. #KUSHNER: Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and senior White House official, Jared Kushner has been registered as a female voter for the past eight years, according to US reports.

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