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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as the day gets underway.

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

1. #CHARGED: A woman in her 40s is due before court this morning charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old in Dublin.

2. #GRENFELL: Hundreds of people held a vigil yesterday evening for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, as anger mounted over the official reaction to the ongoing investigation.

3. #MALTA: Politicians in Malta voted last night to legalise same-sex marriage.

4. #CASE: A case similar to that of the baby Charlie Gard came before the Irish High Court three years ago.

5. #GARDA: There are plans underway to ensure that every street in the country will have a garda assigned to it.

6. #GOOGLE: A French court ruled that the international tech giant is not liable for €1.115 billion in unpaid taxes claimed by the French state.

7. #TRUMP: The US president is travelling to France today to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, as the political scandal over Russia’s alleged involvement in the 2016 US election continues.

8. #DÁIL: Comments Solidarity-PBP TD Paul Murphy made in the Dáil yesterday in relation to the Garda witnesses in the Jobstown case have been referred to the parliamentary legal advisers.

9. #BRAZIL: Former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for accepting a bribe.