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The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as you start your Easter weekend.

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

1. #RESCUE 116: The preliminary report into the final moments of Rescue 116 has been released.

2. #TALLAGHT: A man killed in a hit-and-run in Tallaght may have been targeted, gardaí believe.

3. #MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS: Afghan officials say that at least 36 ISIS militants were killed when the US dropped the largest ever non-nuclear bomb in the country.

4. #BALLAGHADERREEN: A cigar factory in Roscommon has told employees they face redundancy, something which a local TD says is a “huge blow”.

5. #BUS STRIKES: Bus Éireann buses are back on the roads, as a 21-day strike ends.

6. #STABBING: A teenager is in a critical condition after being stabbed in Co Meath.

7. #SUGARMAN: Whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman has warned that Irish authorities are still not properly policing banks.

8. #ROONEY: Former US ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney, who was the owner of NFL franchise the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died aged 84.

9. #HOWTH: A number of cartoon posters with anti-cyclist messages have been erected around Howth Head in north Co Dublin in recent days.

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