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GOOD MORNING
The 9 at 9
Whether you’re taking it handy or working away, here’s all you need to know as you start the day.
Every morning TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know a little before 9am.
1. #CHANGE: A new shake-up in the way the HSE handles its finances is being considered after severe criticisms in a report by consultants, RTÉ reports.
2. #MENTAL HEALTH: More than a dozen children were admitted to mental health units as involuntary patients last year.
3. #MURDER TRIAL: A court heard yesterday that a Romanian teen was shot in the head four times before her body was dumped in a shallow grave, according to reports.
4. #PROPERTY: House values shot up again last month and this property auction in Galway shows how much the property market has changed in the last six months.
5. #WAR: European leaders are gathering in Ypres today to mark the outbreak of the First World War.
6. #MH370: A new search for the missing Malaysian plane has been announced by the Australian government after further analysis of satellite data.
7. #JOBSWATCH: Good news for Dublin this morning – 25 new jobs were announced in a library technology firm.
8. #VIOLENT: A US study has found that women are more likely than men to use physical abuse to control their partners, The Irish Independent reports.
9. #FRAUD: Prosecutors in the United States are suing British bank Barclays over “dark-pool” securities trading, AFP reports.
