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The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know.

Every morning TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know with your morning coffee.

1. #SHOOTING: The six-year-old boy shot in the neck in Dublin last night is in a stable and non life-threatening condition.

2. #UKRAINE: Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane, killing at least 49 troops on board according to Ukrainian officials.

3. #BUMPER PAY: Junior doctors are being offered quadruple pay to cover emergency services at Cork University Hospital this weekend.

4. #TUAM BABIES: TheJournal.ie has uncovered a letter from the Minister for Health’s office in 1957 that approved the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam.

5. #GSOC: The garda watchdog along with security consultants Verriums held a sting operation in a failed attempt to draw out suspected spies according to the Irish Independent.

6. #WATER METERS: Some local residents in the Raheny area of Dublin have criticised protesters who are blocking the installation of water meters.

7. #BIOFUEL: Ireland imports hundreds of litres of used cooking oil to meet EU biofuel targets, a practice An Taisce has branded as “unsustainable”.

8. #IRAQ: Iraqi security forces are readying for a counter-offensive against militants north of Baghdad as Barack Obama pledged the US would not be “dragged back” into the conflict.

9. #ARISE: Irish-English actor Daniel Day-Lewis has been awarded a knighthood with late cancer victim Stephen Sutton and actress and activist Angelina Jolie also honoured. [BBC]

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