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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know as counting continues in the general election.

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

1. #ELECTION 2016: Counting in the 2016 general election resumes this morning, with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael neck and neck. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates as the remaining Dáil seats are filled.

2. #THE WINNERS: The coalition looks set to lose its majority by a significant margin as Fianna Fáil celebrates a big comeback from its trouncing in the last election. We’ve a list of the candidates already past the post here and profiles of all the first-time TDs over here.

3. #THE LOSERS: The government has suffered heavy losses across the country, with several ministers and most Labour TDs losing out. These are the TDs we’re saying goodbye to after a bruising weekend for Fine Gael and Labour.

4. #SHAKEUP: Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Joan Burton may have held onto their seats, but both face uncertain future as leaders of their respective parties after disastrous results.

5. #US ELECTION: Stateside, Hillary Clinton has won a sweeping victory over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina’s Democratic primary.

6. #MIGRANTS: Switzerland is to vote in a controversial referendum today on whether to automatically deport foreign nationals who commit minor crimes.

7. #CALIFORNIA: At least three people have been stabbed in a brawl between KKK members and counter-protesters in the US.

8. #MUMBAI: Police in India say a man murdered 14 members of his family, including seven children, with a butcher’s knife last night before killing himself.

9. #ROWDY: AP reports that a Ryanair plane from London to Bratislava had to make an unscheduled landing to eject drunken members of an English bachelor party.