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

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

1. #SCIENTOLOGY: The Church of Scientology is expected to open a European base in south Dublin after spending money to refurbish a state-of-the-art community centre in Firhouse.

2. #DEATH: An Irish woman has died while trekking on Kilimanjaro.

3. #PUBLIC SERVICE CARD: The Government has plans to roll out the PSC for a whole host of different services, documents obtained by TheJournal.ie reveal.

4. #TURKEY: Turkey will today hold an intense series of events to celebrate the first anniversary of the defeat of last year’s attempted coup.

5#SEARCH: Searches will continue today for the missing crew of the Rescue 116 Coast Guard helicopter.

6. #ANNIVERSARY: The 90th anniversary of the funeral of Countess Constance Markievicz will be celebrated this morning at Glasnevin Cemetery.

7. #RUSSIA: A Russian-American lobbyist revealed to have attended a meeting by Donald Trump Jr seeking damaging information on Hillary Clinton strongly has denied working for Russian intelligence.

8. #APPEALS: The first of 8,500 appeals by motorists who were wrongly convicted of driving offences will begin in courts next week, the Irish Times reports.

9. #LOOPHOLE: The Government has no plans to legislate to change a legal loophole that allowed 200 wealthy and powerful people to try to avoid paying up to €500 million in tax.

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