Every morning TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know a little before 9am.
1. #UNCLEAN: A Europe-wide study has found that the majority of people in Ireland think hospitals are dangerous places.
2. #KIDNAPPINGS: Israeli soldiers shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank overnight as they pressed a hunt for three missing Israeli teenagers.
3. #JOBS: Ireland is split between people who have good jobs – and people who don’t. So says think-tank TASC who have their annual conference today.
4. #MH370: The next phase of the hunt for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south, according to BBC News.
5. #HOMELESS: A group working with people who are homeless in Dublin counted 154 rough sleepers in the city overnight.
6. #INNOVATION: A disability app from three NUI Maynooth students has been chosen to compete in one of the biggest student technology competitions in the world.
7. #SOURCES: A European court has ruled that alleged bombers in the Netherlands cannot be protected the same as other journalistic sources.
8. #REFUGEES: For the firs time since World War II, there are more than 50 million people displaced from their homes across the world.
9. #WINCE: Ray D’Arcy is considering getting a vasectomy live on air he told listeners to his show yesterday.
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