EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE: Yesterday’s Budget will bring just 31 additional house builds next year.
2. #CLAMPING: There were 14 reports of aggressive behaviour towards clamping staff in the first eight months of this year.
3. #GAELTACHT: There’s an extra €2.5 million to help the Irish language outside the Gaeltacht.
4. #OBESITY: There are 10 times more obese children in the world than 40 years ago, new figures show.
5. #ATTACK: The Irish Daily Star and Independent report that gardaí stopped a rape in Dublin city at 3am on Monday morning. The papers say a man was physically restrained by gardaí.
6. #CRISIS TALKS: Spain will hold crisis talks after Catalonia issued a “suspended” declaration of independence.
7. #RACIST GRANDPA: Rapper Eminem has released a freestyle rap video in which he calls Donald Trump a “bitch” and a “racist grandpa”.
8. #WEATHER: It’s going to be a wet and windy morning, but will brighten up later.
9. #WEINSTEIN: The wife of disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has announced she is leaving him after a string of rape and sexual harassment allegations against him.
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