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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as you start your morning.

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

1. #WICKLOW: A post mortem will take place on the body of a woman found in Co. Wicklow yesterday evening. It’s believed to be that of missing woman Anne Shortall.

2. #PHOENIX PARK: A 24-year-old man who had been held over a hit and run that killed a two-year-old girl has been released without charge.

3. #BILLS: The first batch of Irish Water bills are due to begin arriving through letterboxes from today.

4. #WALTER SCOTT: A US police officer has been charged with murder after shooting dead a black man after a traffic stop.

5. #HAMPTONS: An ex-Goldman Sachs banker accused of raping Irish student goes on trial today.

6. #GROUNDED: Irish airlines have cancelled flights due to a strike by French air traffic controllers.

7. #SHUT DOWN: Some Finglas residents are calling for a centre for marginalised homeless women to be closed down following reports of anti-social behaviour.

8. #BALLYMUN: Raw sewage has been spilling out into public areas of flats with locals saying they have to walk through faeces to get to their homes.

9. #DEFENCE FORCESIrish troops have been reunited with their families after returning from a peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights.