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The 9 at 9 Here are the top stories you need to know for the last day in 2017.

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

1. #STATUS ORANGE: Two wind warnings were issued this morning as Storm Dylan moves away.

2. #DAMASTOWN VILLAGE: A plan to build 1,100 social and affordable houses on a landbank in Blanchardstown is being hailed as a potential template for a solution to the housing crisis.

3. #BOOMING: Apprenticeships are making a comeback, with government investment in this type of training set to increase in 2018 to €122 million.

4. #TURN OF THE TIDE: Gardaí have pushed the Kinahan cartel to the brink of collapse in the past 12 months.

5. #NOT HAPPY: A driver who had their car clamped was refunded after they claimed that a passing garda told them the clamp was “immoral” as there was not sufficient markings.

6. #COUNTRY LIVING: Relocating people who can’t find a house in Dublin and other overpopulated areas to the countryside could be one of the measures used to ease the housing crisis.

7. #BUILDING: A 40-storey skyscraper called the watchtower was to be the centrepiece of the ‘Point Village’ project spearheaded by builder Harry Crosbie. Here’s a look at what ever happened to those plans.

8. #ROYAL BLOOD: The Irish Embassy in Canberra received “threatening and abusive” phonecalls when the country donated a statue of Queen Victoria to Australia.

9. #CROSS CITY: Cycling in cities has been in the spotlight, but what are traffic planners doing about it?

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