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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s coming towards the end of the week, here’s what’s happening this morning.

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

1. #CHILE: At least five people have been killed after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake shook the Chilean capital of Santiago last night.

2. #NEW ROUTE: Some 4,000 migrants have entered Croatia from Serbia in the past 24 hours a, risking landmines on their journey.

3. #BEREAVED: The injured brother of the man killed in a Donegal farm accident involving a bull is expected to make a full recovery.

4. #THE TRUMP SHOW: Presidential hopeful Donald Trump stepped into a hornet’s nest in last night’s debate as Carly Fiorina showed she had earned her place on the main stage.

5. #THUMBS UP: The Fiscal Advisory Council has said that the planned budget increase of up to €1.5 billion is ‘economically prudent’.

6. #ABDUCTION: There were two shootings in Newry overnight, one in which a man was bundled into a car before being shot in the leg.

7. #IDAHO: A man has been charged with burglary after police say he returned to the house he robbed looking for his mobile phone and car keys.

8. #BREAKAWAY: The former chairman of Direct Democracy Ireland has formed a new party, United People.

9. #EASY BEES-Y: Ireland’s bee population is serious danger, but there’s a plan that could save them.