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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 An early-morning car crash, 800 living in modern slavery in Ireland and a looming student accommodation crisis.

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

1. #CHARGED: A man has appeared before Bray District Court in connection with an assault on four children.

2. #HALLIGAN: In an exclusive interview with TheJournal.ie, Junior Minister John Halligan has expressed his anger at speculator landlords – saying he would jail them if he could.

3. #SHARK ATTACK: The body of a woman has been found in Australia – with police suspecting that she died of a shark attack.

4. #TAX: The Sunday Times reports that the 11th richest Irish person – JP McManus – has paid no income tax or capital gains tax in Ireland in the past 20 years, according to an official Revenue statement contained in American court documents.

5. #SLAVERY: A new global report released this week has shown that there are an estimated 800 people in Ireland living in modern slavery.   

6. #CRASH: A man has died in a single vehicle car crash early this morning in Limerick.

7. #SHOOT-TO-KILL: The Philippine president has encouraged citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who would fight against him and his war on drugs, according to AP.

8. #HOUSING ISSUES: Several student union representatives have warned that incoming students would face an accommodation crisis this year due to the lack of affordable rental housing.

9. #ORKAMBI: Cystic fibrosis sufferers have expressed their anger and frustration at a decision by the State to pay for a potentially life-changing drug – while a report in the Sunday Business Post has shown that the chief-executive of the company who makes the drug was paid €68 million over the past three years.

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