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The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know as we approach the weekend.

Every morning TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know a little before 9am.

1. #UNCLEAN: A Europe-wide study has found that the majority of people in Ireland think hospitals are dangerous places.

2. #KIDNAPPINGS: Israeli soldiers shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank overnight as they pressed a hunt for three missing Israeli teenagers.

3. #JOBS: Ireland is split between people who have good jobs – and people who don’t. So says think-tank TASC who have their annual conference today.

4. #MH370: The next phase of the hunt for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south, according to BBC News.

5. #HOMELESS: A group working with people who are homeless in Dublin counted 154 rough sleepers in the city overnight.

6. #INNOVATION: A disability app from three NUI Maynooth students has been chosen to compete in one of the biggest student technology competitions in the world.

7. #SOURCES: A European court has ruled that alleged bombers in the Netherlands cannot be protected the same as other journalistic sources.

8. #REFUGEES: For the firs time since World War II, there are more than 50 million people displaced from their homes across the world.

9. #WINCE: Ray D’Arcy is considering getting a vasectomy live on air he told listeners to his show yesterday.

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