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The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #MOUNTJOY:  The family of a man found dead in his prison cell at Mountjoy last August have questioned how information about his death was leaked to the media.

2. #RAPE: The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre handled over 12,000 calls last year, the highest figure since the publication of various reports into clerical sex abuse in 2009.

3. #TRAGEDY: The family of murdered US journalist Steven Sotloff have paid a moving tribute to the reporter, who was killed by the Islamic State.

4. #NOT HAPPY: Pope Francis has strongly criticised a German steel group’s plan to slash 550 jobs at a loss-making Italian plant.

5.#STILL SUMMER: It’s not over yet folks. Met Éireann says it’ll hit 22 degrees today.

6. #FUNDS: The Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly will today outline the distribution of Government funding to local authorities next year. [RTÉ]

7. #GOLAN HEIGHTS: The Irish Times reports that a senior Irish officer is to become the deputy force commander of the UN deployment in the Golan Heights.

8. #EBOLA: The death toll from Ebola has jumped to more than 1,900.

9. #CORK: A new lifeboat station is opening at Union Hall in west Cork, the area where the Tit Bonhomme tragedy occurred.

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