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The 9 at 9 President Higgins spent the night in hospital, will the government and the Áras need a collision course to get on well and who is our new first husband?

LAST UPDATE | 27 Oct

GOOD MORNING.

Here’s all the news that you need to know as you start your day.

Áras an Uachtaráin 

1. President Michael D Higgins was kept overnight in St James’s Hospital to receive antibiotics for a local infection.

Collision Course

2. In our morning lead, Political Editor Christina Finn spoke to the Taoiseach about how the government and Áras will get on in business following subtle jabs about Catherine Connnolly made by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris during the election.

Current husband

3. Who is Brian McEnery, the man set to be Ireland’s next ‘first husband’?

Election long read

4. Fine Gael insiders say from the very first live TV debate, they knew Heather Humphreys was on the backfoot.

Dublin Marathon

5. at 19 years old, Ava Crean was the first Irish woman to cross the finish line at the Dublin Marathon

Michael D Higgins

6. Take a look at the highs and lows of Michael D Higgins’ 14-year presidency.

Fairview

7. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an alleged serious assault in Fairview Park, Dublin 3 earlier this week.

Kildare

8. A man in his 20s was found unresponsive on McGee Terrace in Co Kildare in the early hours of this morning after an alleged assault, gardaí said.

US-China trade war

9. Donald Trump headed to Japan today, the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China’s Xi Jinping end the bruising trade war between the world’s largest economies.

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