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The 9 at 9 Half full or half empty, it’s still the weekend.

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

1. #OPEN ARMS:  Over 6,000 migrants and refugees have been greeted by food and shelter after reaching Munich.

2. #STICKING TOGETHER: Fine Gael and Labour have agreed on a general election vote transfer pact that will be announced next week, according to the Sunday Independent.

3. #ELECTRIC PICNIC: After Blur’s main stage performance last night, here’s what’s happening on day three of the festival.

4. #FENNELLY: Attorney-general Máire Whelan was called to the Fennelly commission ‘at least four times’ because of contradictions in her statements, according to The Sunday Times.

5. #CROSS BORDER: In the first six months of this year, 214 arrests were made on individuals from the Republic of Ireland in the North.

6. #NEGLECT: An Argentine man is accused of keeping his wife and autistic son locked in a cage for years and forcing the son to eat dog food.

7. #BOARDS: Ahead of its 18th birthday, the CEO of Boards.ie Seán Coughlan speaks to TheJournal.ie about the Irish online community.

8. #POSITIVE: A Ryanair pilot reported for duty in Marseille before being tested postive for alcohol when police were called, reports The Sunday Business Post.

9. #UP FOR THE MATCH: It’s the biggest day in Irish hurling, particularly if you’re from Kilkenny or Galway.

 

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