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The 9 at 9 Catch up with the news as you begin your day.

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

1. #HPV VACCINE: A number of TDs have explained that they asked Dáil questions about the Gardasil vaccine to get answers for concerned parents.

2. #NUCLEAR TENSIONS: South Korea has been carrying out military exercises involving fighter jets and land-based ballistic missiles.

3. #WILDCAT STRIKE: An unofficial work stoppage on the part of agency medical workers with the HSE threatened to shut some hospital emergency departments.

4 #PURSE STRINGS: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has warned the government against additional spending in the next Budget.

5. #FRANCIS STREET: Dublin City Council has voted to take over ownership of the iconic Iveagh Markets, a Victorian building which has been derelict for the last 20 years.

6. #COURTS:  A man who has intellectual disabilities and has been spending his welfare payments on dating websites will no longer have control over how he spends his social income.

7. #FATAL FIRE: A Belgian court is to decide whether the Irish college in Leuven and its director were responsible for the deaths of two Irish students, who died in a house fire in 2014. (RTÉ)

8. #BURIAL COSTS: The HSE has spent almost €300,000 over the past three years on burial expenses on patients who died in its care and had no family to pay for the burials.

9. #TO CONNACHT: There were some incredibly emotional scenes as the victorious Galway hurling team brought the Liam MacCarthy Cup home last night.

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