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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

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

1.#IT’S TIME After one of the most divisive campaigns in US presidential history, it’s polling day.  Here’s everything you need to look out for.

2.#RENTAL CRISIS A new report by property website Daft.ie found rents rose nationwide by an average of 11.7% in the year to September 2016.

3.#CATASTROPHIC A former solicitor who was €6.5 million in debt stole €260,000 from her clients after she made a series of “catastrophic” investments during the property boom, a court has heard.

4.#RAMMED Two garda cars were rammed after responding to a burglary callout in Louth last night.

5. #MASS GRAVES Iraqi police forces said they found a mass grave at an agricultural college in an area that was recaptured from ISIS on Monday.

6.#SHANNON A preferred route for the Shannon-Dublin pipeline has been revealed, according to RTÉ.

7. #GARDA STRIKES The Cabinet will sit down today to discuss proposals made by the Labour Court over garda pay. GRA members are to vote on the recommendations over the next two weeks.

8. #WEB SUMMIT The gathering experienced headaches in its first year away from Ireland. People who paid up to €5,000 for tickets for the event in Lisbon were forced to watch from screens outside.

9.#THE OUTLOOK: Met Éireann said we can expect a rainy day with widespread showers due in the late morning.We can expect highest temperatures of between 7 and 10 degrees.

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