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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know this morning.

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

1. #MEAT: The government is to review new research which found consuming processed meat can cause cancer.

2. #DRINK DRIVING: The Courts Service has said recent reporting of convictions for drink driving is “simply wrong”. The conviction rate is actually 86%.

3. #SOUTH CAROLINA: A video has emerged of a police officer flipping a student off her seat in a classroom.

4. #INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Young Fine Gael has declined to comment on the sudden resignation of its president amid suggestions he was forced out.

5. #CLARE: The search for a 19-year-old man who is feared to have fallen into the sea has resumed this morning.

6. #SYRIA: Islamic State terrorists tied three men to historic monuments in Palmyra and executed them.

7. #SOUTH CHINA SEA: China is accusing the US of illegally entering its waters, describing it as a threat to the country’s sovereignty.

8. #NO THANKS: Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly turned down a deal in the Budget that would have offered rent certainty for low-income families, the Irish Independent reports.

9. #BAD DOG: A dog named Trigger in Indiana accidentally shot its owner, the BBC reports.