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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as you start your day.

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

1. #BAD WEATHER: The weather is pretty awful around the country today, with a number of weather warnings in place.

2. #KENNETH O’BRIEN: DNA results are expected today on body parts found in the canal at Sallins, Co Kildare as part of the Kenneth O’Brien murder investigation.

3. #FLIGHT DISRUPTION: Hundreds of passengers due to fly from Ireland to France today will face disruption after an air traffic control strike forced airlines to cancel a number of flights.

4. #RENTING: A study by Simon Communities Ireland has found that 95% of properties available to rent are too expensive for people receiving state rent supports.

5. #DEPORTED: Some 218 Irish people have been arrested and deported from Australia since 2010.

6. #PATERNITY LEAVE: The Irish Times reports that cabinet is expected to approve the Family Leave Bill today, meaning fathers will get two weeks paid paternity leave.

7. #CLONMEL COURT: A coroner has said he will issue a death certificate for a 34-week-old unborn baby girl who died after her mother was killed in a road crash in 2012, RTÉ reports.

8 #DEMOCRATS: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley went head-to-head in Iowa before polling in the state next week. Here’s how the CNN forum went down.

9. #LUCKY ESCAPE: Singer Ellie Goulding has revealed she almost drowned after driving over a frozen lake in Norway a few weeks ago.

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