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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as we start Sunday.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #OUT OF TIME: Protests calling for action on climate change are taking place in Ireland and across the world today, ahead of the start of the UN Climate Summit in Paris tomorrow.

2. #STORM CLODAGH: A status orange wind warning has been issued for Ireland this morning as Storm Clodagh passes through the country bringing wind gusts of up to 130k per hour.

3. #KILDARE: Three young men have been injured, one seriously, after a car crash in Co Kildare last night.

4. #TROUBLE BREWING: Vladimir Putin has signed a decree adopting a series of retaliatory economic measures against Turkey over the downing of a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.

5. #DETAILS: Opposition parties are calling for the Taoiseach to say what might replace the eighth amendment of the Constitution – if it were to be repealed by referendum. [RTÉ]

6. #DANGEROUS: So far this year there have been more than 250 incidents of prisoners attacking staff. These are the most dangerous prisons.

7 #FORCED TO TALK: Clerys staff want the government to change company law so that companies would be forced to talk to staff before shutting.

8. #STOWAWAY: This Dublin-based designer has come up with a solution for storing bikes…against the ceiling.

9. #FESTIVE: An Australian Christmas tree has set the world record for boasting over 500,000 lights.