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GOOD MORNING

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

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #TRAGEDY: The post mortems are due to be carried out later today on the bodies of twin boys and their older brother who were found dead in Cork yesterday.

2. #SANCTIONS: NATO leaders are expected to announce fresh sanctions against Russia, however there is ‘careful optimism’ for a ceasefire to be declared with Ukraine.

3. #EBOLA: The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak could have been averted.

4. #CHILDREN: The Irish Times reports that over 9,000 cases of neglect or welfare concerns over children at risk are waiting to be assigned to a social worker.

5. #SHOOTING: London police have shot dead a man who threatened a woman with a knife

6. #DEATH: A father of five has lost his life after being crushed by a tractor in County Clare, reports The Irish Independent.

7. #JIHADISTS: The Irish Times reports that the US is giving gardaí details of named suspects travelling to join conflicts in Syria and Iraq via Ireland.

8. #HAMBURGLAR: A 47-year-old man has been arrested and charged after an attempted robbery at a McDonald’s restaurant in Phibsboro.

9. #SELFIE: A new study shows that over half of us are partial to a selfie while on holiday and posting it online for all to see.