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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Flooding closes roads around the country, and Frances Fitzgerald on the ropes – it’s the 9 at 9.

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

1. #BLEACH: A HSE staff member has been accused of feeding their child a bleach solution in order to ‘cure’ their autism.

2. #THE FLOOD: A number of roads are closed around the country after a deluge of overnight rain.

3. #ON THE ROPES: Tánaiste and former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is under intense fire after the disclosure that she knew about a Garda plan to target Sergeant Maurice McCabe’s integrity a year earlier than she had previously stated.

4. #KERRY: A cyclist has died following a collision with two cars near Tralee.

5. #BUNCRANA: An inquest is set to begin today into the accident that saw five members of the one family die after the car they were in slid into the sea at Buncrana pier.

6. #ATHLONE: A teenager has appeared in court charged with a shooting in the Westmeath town.

7. #ZIMBABWE: The African country’s former vice president is expected to be sworn in as interim president today following the resignation of Robert Mugabe.

8. #RIP: Actor and singer David Cassidy has died aged 67.

9. #UNDER FIRE: Dramatic video show a North Korean soldier being shot at as he attempts to escape the hermit nation across its border with South Korea.