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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 start your day.

1. #WATER CHARGES: The Dáil is today set to debate the long-awaited report on the future of water charges. Here’s what you need to know about the proposals.

2. #WHITE HOUSE: Press secretary Sean Spicer has apologised for “insensitive” remarks in which he seemed to favourably compare Adolf Hitler’s actions during the Holocaust to atrocities currently being carried out by Bashar al-Assad in Syria, amid calls for him to be fired.

3. #STRIKE: Talks aimed at ending the strike at Bus Éireann will resume at the Labour Court today.

4. #GARDAÍ: Members of An Garda Síochána have spoken out about their experiences of bullying.

5. #ORKAMBI: Patients with cystic fibrosis have welcomed a deal on Orkambi and Kalydeco being reached by the HSE and drug manufacturer Vertex.

6. #FIRE: 11 people were rescued from a fire in an apartment block in Tallaght early this morning.

7. #DORTMUND: German investigators are hunting for possible suspects responsible for three explosions that rocked Dortmund football team’s bus, injuring a player.

8. #JOBS: Food company Chopped is to create 430 jobs at new Irish and UK locations, as the firm plans an expansion from 20 to 46 outlets.

9. #COLD CASES: The latest article in our unsolved homicides series looks at the case of Felix McCann.