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The 9 at 9 These are the top stories you need to know this morning.

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

1. #POLL: Fine Gael has dropped in the latest poll with new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar failing to get a boost for his party during the honeymoon period after taking office.

2. #ATHLONE: A 26-year-old man has been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Athlone, Westmeath.

3. #60 MINUTES: Tesco is looking into extending its new one-hour delivery service to Ireland after rolling out the amenity for customers in central London.

4. #HOMES: Councillor Francis Timmons says that survivors deserve answers on vaccines trials at mother and baby homes.

5. #LANDMARK: The history of St Kevin’s shows it was a mental health institution that incarcerated innocent people in filthy conditions.

6. #THE SPIN DOCTORS: RTÉ is looking to recruit outside PR agencies to help it with ‘reputation management’ and to drum up awareness for its free-to-air service.

7. #SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: A change in prison rules looks at the “meaningful human contact” prisoners get when out of their cells.

8. #VIOLENCE: There are call for gardaí to have expanded powers to issue barring orders.

9. #SUSPICIOUS: Emails between Google and Uber show how the tech giants became enemies.