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The 9 at 9 The weekend’s almost here, and here are the top stories you need to know.

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

1. #HARRISON FORD: The veteran Hollywood actor has been injured in a plane crash in Los Angeles. Ford was flying the small aircraft himself when he made a crash-landing on a golf course.

2. #WINDY: A Met Éireann weather warning will be in place this weekend for wind conditions in counties across Ireland.

3. #CLONDALKIN: A pregnant woman and a man have both been injured in a shooting that happened last night. 

4. #IAG: Representatives from IAG and unions representing Aer Lingus workers are set to meet this morning to discuss how jobs would be affected were a takeover to happen, RTÉ is reporting this morning. 

5. #HEROIN: There has been a jump in the number of people addicted to the drug in Cork – with Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien estimating there are now 500 addicts in the city. 

6. #BOSTON BOMBING: The trial in the United States has heard further testimony from those injured in the 2013 attack. 

7. #ENDA KENNY: The Taoiseach explained to TheJournal.ie why he is worth his €185,350-a-year salary. 

8. #INDONESIA: Australia has formally complained after an Indonesian police chief commissioner was pictured posing with the two men set to face a firing squad.

9. #WEDDING INVITES: A printer in Cork has offered to make civil ceremony invites for a gay couple who were refused service by a printer in Drogheda. The owners claimed this was down to their Christian beliefs.

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