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

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

1. #DONEGAL: A teenage boy has died in Donegal after the car he was driving lost control and crashed.

2. #99 PROBLEMS: The price of your beloved 99 ice cream is likely to have gone up since last summer, as Irish ice cream manufacturers and sellers are impacted by rising vanilla costs.

3. #GPS: The National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) will today hold an emergency meeting to discuss the outcome of the Eighth Amendment referendum.

4. #DUMPING: Illegal dumping is a huge issue for many areas across the country, but measures are being put in place to crack down on culprits.

5. #QUIT: Disney animation chief John Lasseter has said he is quitting, six months after acknowledging in an internal memo that he had made staff feel “disrespected or uncomfortable” with unwanted hugs.

6. #JUDGE’S BILL: It’s been dubbed an unconstitutional “dog’s dinner”, but Transport Minister Shane Ross has said his Judicial Appointments Commission Bill will be passed by the summer.

7. #MANAFORT: Russia collusion investigator Robert Mueller has filed new obstruction of justice charges against former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

8. #G7: US president Donald Trump said that he believed progress was made with other world leaders at an important G7 summit, RTÉ reports.

9. #GENDER: The Times of Ireland reports that a government-backed review will recommend that people as young as 16 should be able to change their gender.

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