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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.

Updated 9.00 am

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

1. #HASSAN KHAN: Gardaí are still questioning a woman in her 40s over the death of 2-year-old Hassan Khan from stab wounds at an apartment in south Dublin.

2. #WATERFORD: Three children have been hospitalised following a suspected petrol bomb attack on a house on the outskirts of Waterford city.

3. #EBOLA: A UN trust fund for fighting Ebola has barely $100,000 in its account, a pittance compared to the $1 billion it’s estimated it needs.

4. #IRISH WATER: Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald has suggested that the Anti-Austerity Alliance will abandon people who boycott their water charges when they face possible sanctions.

5. #UNOFFICIAL: People booking travel visas and theory tests through unofficial sources is leading to higher charges for consumers.. 

6. #BACKTRACK: Catholic bishops have spoken out against a landmark Vatican report calling for a more open approach to gay believers.

7. #WEATHER: If you’ve plans for the weekend you should know something, it’s going to rain. A lot.

8. #FAMINE GALA: A $125-a-ticket Famine Commemoration Gala is to be held in New Orleans but organsiers say it will be a “sombre, respectful” affair.

9. #WRONG HOTDOG: A Dublin cinema has been fined €20,000 after it dismissed a staff member who charged himself for a regular hotdog instead of a jumbo hotdog reports the Evening Herald.