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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.

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

1.#RAMPAGE: Gardaí are continuing to investigate an incident on Sunday that saw three violent attacks occur within a kilometre of each other. Many papers today say that the attacks are linked.

2.#ABORTION: A group of pro-choice activists will take a train to Belfast today, planning to bring back abortion pills. The move has been called a “publicity stunt” by pro-life campaigners.

3.#SAVITA: A candlelight vigil will be held this evening to mark the two-year anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reports that Savita’s husband Praveen is coming back to Ireland.

4.#MIND THE GAP: Ireland has slipped to eighth in the World Economic Forum annual gender gap survey. The result sees Ireland down three places in three years. [RTÉ]

5.#KERRY: An operation is ongoing to rescue a woman who has been stranded on a mountain in Kerry since late last night.

6.#ISLAMIC STATE: The Islamic State militant group has released a video of British hostage John Cantlie, which claims to show the journalist in the embattled city of Kobane.

7.#EBOLA: The US says that it is reviewing the guidelines on health workers who go abroad to fight Ebola after a nurse who had been quarantined threatened legal action.

8.#MEAT ME HALFWAY: Farmers are protesting outside 30 meat factories across the country. The 24-hour beef price protest started yesterday afternoon and will finish today. They say that there is a massive gap between prices for beef here and in the North.

9.#ROMA: Protests that saw three Roma families forced from their home have been dubbed “completely unacceptable”.