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The 8 at 8 With less than 48 hours to go until the weekend, here is everything you need to know.

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

1. #BUDAPEST: There has been fighting between police and migrants in the city, with its rail station re-opening this morning. 

2. #REFUGEE CRISIS: Enda Kenny is set to meet with French President François Hollande later today to discuss the growing refugee crisis.

3. #PARTITIONIST: A Sinn Féin politician has slammed the new McMór burger from McDonald’s as partitionist as it is not available in Northern Ireland. 

4. #DRUGS: The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association has proposed a new system to ensure Irish patients are among the first to access new medicines, RTÉ has reported. 

5. #PROSTITUTION: A garda unit has been put into place to tackle prostitution in Dublin’s north inner city, the Herald is reporting this morning.

6. #PARADE: Beijing residents have been barred from watching an enormous military parade in Tiananmen Square.

7. #SINN FÉIN: The party is set to table a motion of no confidence in Attorney General Maire Whelan over the publication of the interim report of the Fennelly commission, the Irish Times is reporting.

8. #VINCENT BROWNE: The Tonight with Vincent Browne programme returns on Monday and a change of format will allow members of the public to appear on the programme. 

9. #NEW JOB: A girl who lost her job for planning to go to the Electric Picnic has been offered a new one. 

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