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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as you start your morning.

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

1. #ARGENTINA: Ten people, including two French sports stars, were killed when two helicopters collided mid-air.

2. #GRAHAM DWYER: The trial continues after the jury yesterday was shown videos of the architect appearing to stab women during sex.

3. #CHURCHTOWN: An investigation is underway after the bodies of an elderly man and woman were found at their home in Dublin.

4. #POWER: Irish consumers may face higher electricity prices when a redesign of the electricity market comes into effect in 2017.

5. #ENNIS: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly are to appear in court again over their alleged illegal entrance into Shannon Airport last year.

6. #WATER: Dublin will need another 200 swimming pools-worth of water per day by 2050 to meet demand.

7. #GNASHERS: A Trinity College study has found a link between fluoridated water and oral health in old age.

8. #RECESSION: A new analysis of figures shows the suicide rates in this country reached a peak in 2001, and have not exceeded the annual rate of 12.2 per 100,000 since 2004, despite the downturn.

9. NEW ZEALAND: Small packages of baby formula containing poison were sent with anonymous letters to the National Farmers Federation and dairy giant Fonterra.