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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as you start the day.

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

1. #CRISIS: The head of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive has caused a furore after telling a council committee that “it takes years of bad behaviour” for a person to become homeless.

2. #FOOD PARCELS: Meanwhile, volunteers at the Capuchin Day Centre say that relative levels of homelessness are not the point.

3. #DEPOSED LEADER: Zimbabweans are weighing an uncertain future without President Robert Mugabe after the army took power and placed the 93-year-old veteran under house arrest.

4. #DRUGS: Gardaí raided two premises in Ashbourne yesterday afternoon, arresting two men and seizing what’s estimated to be worth between €2-5 million worth of cannabis herb and cocaine.

5. #COURTS: Ryanair is bringing the Irish independent, and one of its reporters, to court. John Mulligan has reported substantially on the pay talks Ryanair has been having with pilots.

6. #FIRE: An investigation is underway into the cause of a blaze at a high-rise tower block near Belfast where four people were treated by paramedics.

7. #CHRIST ALMIGHTY: A 500-year-old painting by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record €450 million.

8. #ICONIC: The savoy’s iconic Screen One is to be split into separate auditoriums next year – but IMC Cinemas can’t confirm which month.

9. #LUNCH TIME: Paramedics have hit out at new proposals for on-duty meal breaks.