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The 9 at 9 Gettin’ down on Friday. Here’s what you need to know.

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know a little before 9am.

1.#RESHUFFLE: At least one of this week’s long-running sagas will be ended today, with a cabinet reshuffle expected this morning.

2.#ISRAEL: Israeli warplanes continued to bombard Gaza overnight, killing 20 people. US President Barack Obama has offered to broker a peace deal.

3.#ROADS: A woman in her 70s has died after the car she was driving went into a ditch in Donegal overnight.

4.#UKRAINE: Both sides in the Ukraine violence are guilty of kidnapping and torture, Amnesty International has found.

5.#MINORITY REPORT: The government will today pass a law that will allow it address a situation that has left it with a minority in the Seanad.

6.#A PICTURE’S WORTH: Around €6,000. That’s what the Department of the Taoiseach has spent on photography this year, a stark contrast on the €83,000 spent in 2008.

7.#NOT MY TYPE: Citizens from Northern Ireland are still precluded from donating blood in the Republic because of a 2004 ruling. The ruling is designed to protect against vCJD.

8.#HIV: A child who was reportedly cured of HIV as a baby has relapsed aged four. The discovery is a setback for researchers and calls into question what is known about the virus.

9.#GARTH: It’s still not happening, after Brooks rejected a plan that would see him play five shows in three days. 

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