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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s what’s making headlines this morning.

LAST UPDATE | 4 Dec 2020

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #REOPENING: Restaurants and gastropubs are allowed to reopen from today across the country.

2. #STANLEY: The social media accounts of Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley have been deleted amid controversies over the Laois/Offaly deputy’s comments on Leo Varadkar, Chinese chicken and the IRA.

3. #WEATHER: It’s going to be a cold and wintry weekend with ice and wind warnings in place across the island of Ireland today.

4. #NURSES: Student nurses have said the health system is putting them under financial pressure to work in multiple healthcare settings to earn money.

5. #FACTCHECK: Was the UK able to approve the Pfizer vaccine before the EU because of Brexit? TheJournal.ie has taken a look

6. #WATERFORD: Gardaí in Waterford are keeping an open mind following the discovery of the bodies of two men at a hostel in the city.

7. #THE NORTH: Non-essential retailers can reopen next Friday in Northern Ireland, ministers have said.

8. #VACCINE: The UK approved a Covid-19 vaccine without compromising safety, the country’s medicines regulator said.

9. #BREXIT: Brexit talks are due to continue today amid warnings the prospect of a breakthrough is “receding”.