LAST UPDATE | 11 Oct 2018

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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #STORM CALLUM: The storm is set to batter Ireland with high winds from tonight.

2. #TROUBLE BREWING: Business leaders believe that the Irish economy is set to crash in the next five years. 

3. #HURRICANE MICHAEL: Florida is today counting the cost after being battered by the hurricane which now appears to have blown itself out.

4. #SEAN COX: An Italian man is due in court in Preston today in connection with the assault on the Dunboyne man which left him fighting for his life.

5. #RATHFARNHAM: A woman in her 80s has died after being struck by a car in south Dublin.

6. #STARK REALITY: A new study shows that most women in Ireland feel vulnerable because of their gender.

7. #M50: Over 5,000 accidents have occurred on the Dublin motorway in the past year.

8. #LEO NAMED: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to be named a witness in a defamation case in Poland, the Irish Times reports.

9. #LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY: Kylie Minogue is to reschedule her cancelled Irish gigs to December.

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