The 9 at 9: Monday

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your week.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #POLITICAL CRISIS: Brazil has voted to impeach its president.

2. #EARTHQUAKE: Aid has now begun arriving to areas hit by Ecuador’s strongest earthquake in decades. The death toll is now at 272.

3. #BLAZE: All power has been restored after a fire at an ESB sub station in Dublin left almost 15,000 electricity customers without supply last night.

4. #BRIAN MEEHAN: The man convicted of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin will find out today if his conviction is declared a miscarriage of justice.

5. #GALWAY BAY: One of two bodies recovered in Galway over the weekend has been identified as missing soldier Ben Garrett.

6. #GYMNAST: Ellis O’Reilly has become the first Irish female gymnast to qualify for an Olympic Games.

7. #RACISM: A Dublin hotel manager was told in an anonymous letter to return to Africa after he contracted tuberculosis.

8. #VIOLENCE: A pioneering study of the brains of men who attack their partners or ex-partners shows that they function differently to criminals.

9. #MALIN HEAD: These Donegal school kids gave an adorable musical welcome to the Star Wars crew.