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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Ireland wakes up to a world without the Eighth, and murder inquiry launched in Louth – it’s the 9 at 9.

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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #DUBLIN CASTLE FINDS ITS VOICE: Before the result of the Eighth Amendment referendum became apparent, it was speculated that Dublin Castle would be a muted place on count day. The opposite was the case.

2. #MOMENTS TO REMEMBER: These were the 11 standout moments of the Eighth Amendment referendum campaign.

3. #MARK HENNESSY: Gardaí continue to try to unravel the mystery left behind by Jastine Valdez’s killer.

4. #AL PORTER: The Sunday Times reports that an independent investigation into an allegation that Al Porter groped a psychiatric patient has found “there was an absence of appropriate boundaries” in Porter’s contact with the patient.

5. #DUNLEER: An investigation into the discovery of an 18-year-old man’s body in a field in Co Louth has been upgraded to a murder inquiry after a post mortem revealed that the man died violently.

6. #DEMOTION: A local authority foreman has lost an appeal against his demotion after being accused of pushing a co-worker down a flight of stairs and then kicking them in the head.

7. #IT’S HAPPENING: It’s looking very likely that Donald Trump’s proposed June meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will go ahead after all.

8. #POOLBEG: Here’s why a historic site next to the Poolbeg Towers in Dublin could become the capital’s newest cultural hub.

9. #SHANNON: It has cost the Irish State €60,000 so far this year to have the army help out when US military planes land at Shannon Airport.

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