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The 9 at 9 It’s the last weekend of the summer. Here’s everything you need to know…

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

1. #TRAGEDY: One man has died and nine others were rescued after a boat capsized off the coast of Wexford last night.

2. #BOLTED: The UUP voted unanimously to walk away from the Northern Ireland power-sharing executive. It’e leader says the says existence of IRA ‘came as a shock’.

3. #TEXAS: State police have said that a “dangerous rhetoric” in America may have contributed to the “cold-blooded assassination” of a sheriff’s deputy.

4. #RAPE: Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders has provoked controversy by saying in an inteview with The Sunday Times that women who dress provocatively could “entice a rape”.

5. #BROADWAY: The first African-American  to play the lead role in Les Miserables on Broadway has died in a fall at the theatre, according to the BBC.

6. #AI: A leading researcher into robotics has told TheJournal.ie that recent fears about the advancement of AI and its potential for destruction are overblown.

7. #MIGRANT CRISIS: The Greek tourist island of Lesbos is struggling to deal with a record influx of desperate migrants.

8. #HEDGE FUND: Clare County Council has just launched an initiative which will see people being paid for maintaining the county’s hedges.

9. #JBM: Jimmy-Barry Murphy has stepped down as Cork senior hurling manager after four seasons in charge.

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