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The 9 at 9 Fidel Castro dies, and Citizens’ Assembly to begin – it’s the 9 at 9.
EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #FIDEL: The former president of Cuba Fidel Castro, who led that country for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 90.
2. #DON’T DO IT: Almost a third of Irish people are against the idea of Enda Kenny meeting Donald Trump at the White House next March for the annual Shamrock Ceremony.
3. #NOT HAPPENING: The Irish Times reports that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has cancelled plans to expand its Grange Castle plant in Dublin, plans that would have seen the creation of 350 jobs.
4. #CITIZENS ASSEMBLY: The citizens’ think tank will meet to discuss abortion for the first time today.
5. #FACT CHECK: Nursing union head Liam Doran’s claims regarding the Irish health service have been given the Fact Check treatment.
6. #CALIFORNIA: A woman who disappeared while jogging three weeks ago has been found chained at the side of a rural roadside.
7. #KIDS TV: The decision by RTÉ to halt the production of homegrown children’s TV has been met with shock by many.
8. #SLOW DOWN: A driver in Cork has been clocked driving at just under 150 miles-per-hour.
9. #JAIL DOLE: The Irish Daily Mail reports that Irish prison inmates collected almost €500,000 in social welfare payments that they were not entitled to last year.
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