EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #RIP: The wife of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, Maureen Haughey, has died aged 91.
2. #RESCUE 116: A team of six investigators have discovered wreckage from the craft on an island some 10km from shore.
3. #RIRA: Former members of a once-feared Dublin crime gang are now dealing steroids in city centre gyms as the number of people attending addiction services increases.
4. #HEAVY RAIN: A weather warning has been issued for the west of the country.
5. #BUILDING: Over a dozen Irish shopping centres changed hands last year. Here are the biggest deals.
6. #ROAD CLOSURES: Here’s everything you need to know about getting around St Patrick’s Day in Dublin.
7. #ANNIVERSARY: Before Today FM – Radio Ireland launched and failed as a talk radio station. Today marks 20 years since it went live. Here’s the story of those nine months.
8. #THE SNAKE: An Irish folklore expert has claimed that St Patrick was married and that the legacy of his wife has been lost in history.
9. #LOOKING BACK: From jesters to Wombles, from young to old, here’s a quick history of Dublin’s old St Patrick’s Day parades.
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