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The 9 at 9 Trump says he wants Iran’s oil, UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon, and another candidate confirmed for Galway bye-election.

LAST UPDATE | 14 hrs ago

GOOD MORNING. 

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

Trump wants Iranian oil

1. Donald Trump has said that his “favourite thing” would be to take take Iran’s oil, as he mulls over the next steps of the war and continues to insist that a deal could be made with Iranians.

UN peacekeeper killed

2. A UN peacekeeper has been killed and another seriously injured after a projectile struck a UN position in southern Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said.

AGSI conference

3. There is no confidence in the power of senior garda management to arbitrarily suspend gardaí indefinitely, the group representing middle management in the force said.

Council vacant home CPOs

4. In our Morning Lead, Stephen McDermott has compiled a list of all the vacant homes and sites that local councils bought via compulsory purchase orders last year

Galway bye-election

5. Fianna Fáil has selected a 25-year-old councillor, Cillian Keane, to contest the upcoming Galway West bye-election.

Australian police shoot suspect

6. Australian police have shot a fugitive wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country’s most-wanted criminals. 

Westmeath crash

7. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses of a crash in Ballinahown, Co Westmeath on Sunday that injured several people.

Tributes

8. A woman has paid tribute to her partner who died in a workplace incident at a meat factory in Co Tipperary, describing him as the “most wonderful man”.

Permanent TSB sale

9. Permanent TSB has confirmed that two US investment groups are still in the running to buy the State-backed bank.

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