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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s a cold, cold start to a new week. Here’s all you need to know.

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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #BELFAST: A 36-year-old man has been arrested following the shooting of a PSNI officer in the north of the city last night.

2. #BLAZE: Firefighters battled a fire at a south Dublin primary school in the early hours of this morning.

3. #D DAY + 3 : Today is President Donald Trump’s ‘first’ work day in office.

4. #KEEPING IT RURAL: The Government’s new €60 million Action Plan on Rural Development is being launched today.

5. #RYAN MASON: English Premier League side Hull City have confirmed that midfielder Mason is in a ‘stable condition’ having sustained a fractured skull in a clash of heads during yesterday’s match with Chelsea.

6. #PRISON POCKET MONEY: The Irish Prison Service paid out nearly €3 million in disposable income to inmates last year.

7. #FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN: An Irish pro-life group is seeking funding of more than €18,000 to run a Facebook page targeting Irish teenagers.

8. #LETHAL: Cyclists are not impressed with the condition of Luas works on Dublin’s O’Connell Street at present.

9. #STRIIIIIIKE: Pro-choice activists have threatened strike action should no abortion referendum take place before 8 March this year.