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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know this morning.

EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #HOUSING CRISIS: New figures show almost 64,000 people across the country are now in receipt of the rent supplement. It emerged yesterday, meanwhile, that the government intends to introduce a two-year freeze on rents.

2. #ARMAGH: The PSNI has said that a man knocked down by a lorry in the Newry area yesterday was an on-duty police officer. Police are treating the incident as a case of attempted murder.

3. #EGYPT: Questions continue to be asked about the downing of a Russian plane in Egypt, after sources close to the probe indicated that the crash was not caused by technical failures.

4. #BUDGET 2016: The Irish Times reports that the government is to be questioned by the troika next week over the scale of spending set out in the budget, amid concerns that measures announced last month are too ambitious.

5. #COURTS: The jury in the trial of a brother and sister accused of murdering a 63-year-old man last year have been told that the man in question died following “protracted torture”.

6. #BANNED: New legislation due to be brought to cabinet will include measures to curb on-pitch advertising at sporting events, according to The Irish Independent.

7. #HOSPITAL OVERCROWDING: An emergency department consultant has told The Irish Daily Mail that there are elderly patients on trolleys for up to four days in the country’s worst affected units. This comes after news that a 91-year-old man with Parkinson’s spent 29 hours on a trolley in Tallaght Hospital.

8. #SMES: A company that lets people buy property for as little as £50 (€70) is considering expanding into Ireland.

9. #US ELECTION: US presidential candidate Ben Carson’s campaign has reportedly acknowledged that his account of attending the prestigious US Military Academy at West Point is not true.

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