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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here are the nine stories you need to know on this rainy Monday morning.

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

1. #FATAL: The deaths of two men in Kildare last night brought to five the number of people who died on roads in the Republic over the weekend.

2. #FRIGHTFUL: High winds and rain has left over 6,500 homes and businesses without power this morning. Commuters are also affected.

3. #JOBS: Over 1,200 jobs are to be created by three companies. The BWG group, which owns Spar, Ribworld and Solarwinds.

4. #SHORTAGE: The amount properties on the housing market is at its lowest level since 2007.

5. #OCCUPY: Protesters in Hong Kong have dwindled to several hundred as civil servants in Government buildings return to work.

6. #CHILDREN: The Child Care Law Reporting Project has detailed 24 new cases including one of a court ordered home extension for two siblings in care to stay together. 

7. #MADDIE: A woman accused of directing Twitter abuse at the parents of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a hotel according to Sky News.

8. #TOBACCO LOBBY: The Irish Examiner reports that Ireland’s foreign affairs minister was given a letter in Washington last week from 71 organisations opposed to Ireland’s proposed ban on tobacco branding.

9. #ELECTION: Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff won a first-round election victory but will face a run-off to win a second four-year term.