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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know this morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #WATER: Talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will take place today as the water committee report threatens to bring down the minority government.

2. #FAI: A deal has been reached between the FAI and members of the Irish women’s national soccer team.

3. #TRACKER MORTGAGES: A widower who is battling to keep his home after being taken off his tracker mortgage says he will fight to keep the house.

4. #MEETING: Donald Trump will meet Chinese president Xi Jinping today – with North Korea, Trade and Taiwan on the agenda.

5. #CENSUS: The results of the 2016 census will be released today. Here’s what they’re used for.

6. #MIGRANTS: People fleeing war are being beaten and made walk back over the border by European police according to an NGO report.

7. #COURTS: A manager at an Xtra-Vision who took around €10,000 from dormant accounts has avoided jail.

8. #MYANMAR: Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung Sang Suu Kyi has denied claims of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.

9. #SEIZURE: Cannabis worth €500,00 has been seized near a shopping centre in Kildare.