The 9 at 9: Thursday

The 9 at 9 Here’s what’s happening as we start Thursday.

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

1. #INVESTIGATION Former garda commissioner’s phone to be examined but the data may have already been destroyed.

2. #TRAGEDY Tributes as three Irish people died in a fire in the UK on Monday.

3. #WORRY Locals tell of their fear for their community after HP Inc announced 500 job losses.

4. #IN CARE There are over 6,000 children in State care across the country, the Children’s Minister revealed.

5. #RELIEF KBC Bank has committed its future to Ireland, safeguarding over 1,000 jobs here.

6. #JAILED A man who set fire to a motorbike on a busy city street has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

7. #GUN CONTROL Armed men filmed themselves entering a police station in Michigan to file a complaint after they had been ‘illegally pulled over’.

8. #OUTRAGE Complaints made after comedy gig MC says ’n****r’ and ‘f*g’ during performance.

9. #TRUMP The Pentagon want to rent a floor in Trump Tower to store the nuclear codes.