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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s Wednesday, which means you’re nearly halfway through your week. Here’s all the news you need to know this morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #FENNELLY: Micheál Martin this morning described Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s behaviour with regard to the Fennelly Report as being “shifty and underhand”.

2. #ATTEMPTED MURDER: A 28-year-old woman faces two counts of attempted murder following a home raid in Belfast on Monday in which two women were stabbed.

3. #BRADY MCCARTHY: The former nanny exonerated of killing a baby has arrived home to Ireland from the US this morning.

4. #FINGLETON: The former Irish Nationwide chief will be up in front of the banking inquiry this morning.

5. #CHANNEL TUNNEL: Hundreds of passengers were left stranded in the dark after several suspected migrants climbed onto the tracks at Calais.

6. #SUE PERKINS: The popular presenter has revealed that she has suffered from a brain tumour for the past eight years.

7. #PARIS: Eight people, including two children, have been killed in an apartment fire in the French capital.

8. #CARLOW: A man has been taken to hospital with chest injuries following a drug raid in Co Carlow. One other man was arrested.

9. #LEAH CARMODY: Irish family face $2 million in medical bills after their daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour.