The 9 at 9: Thursday

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.

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

1. #PROTECTION OF LIFE: A clinically dead woman is being kept alive on life support because she’s pregnant and the baby is still alive.

2. #CLARE: Post mortems are due on a man and woman who were found dead in west Clare yesterday.

3. #ABORTION: A socialist TD says she has helped around a dozen women access abortion pills online.

4. #FRIENDS AGAIN: It’s emerged that Pope Francis played a role in getting the US and Cuba talking again.

5. #COMPLAINT: RTÉ has accepted that the term “murder” was incorrectly used to describe the killing of four young boys on a Gaza beach by fire from an off-shore Israeli gunboat.

6. #TESCO: Labour TD John Lyons admitted to TheJournal.ie that the infamous ‘Every Little Hurts’ Tesco-style ad at the last general election has haunted the party.

7. #NEW SHOW: Pat Kenny has said that he has never thought about getting into politics.

8. #CHECKED OUT: STI clinics are already experiencing a spike in people seeking tests after a festive fling.

9. #NEW VOICE: Communicorp have been inundated with responses to the ad seeking a replacement for Ray D’Arcy at Today FM.