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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything 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. #DUBLIN: A 29-year-old man is due to appear in court in Dublin today in connection with the murder of Gareth Hutch.

2. #JOBS: Accountancy company EY, formerly known as Ernst & Young, is to create 270 new jobs in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway.

3. #COURTS: A child has been awarded €10,000 in damages after he choked on plastic allegedly contained in a Cow & Gate baby food jar.

4. #IRISH WATER: Former Environment Minister Alan Kelly has maintained he was right the government is not in a position to abolish Irish Water, after comments made by the European Commission yesterday.

5. #OLD POLITICS: Vincent Browne tells us what Ireland’s real politics looks like – and what it does to society.

6. #SCHOOL BUSES: One in five pupils is at risk of losing their seat on a school bus due to plans to reduce the size of vehicles, the Irish Independent reports.

7. #TURKEY: A court has found a former Miss Turkey guilty of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, giving her a suspended sentence of 14 months.

8. #EASTER RISING: New identification methods were invented to find and identify the body of 1916 leader Thomas Kent.

9. #SEVEN MORE YEARS: A number of newspapers are reporting comments made by Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar, in which he said President Michael D Higgins would receive “cross-party support” if he was to seek another term.

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