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

1. #SYRIA: An attempt by Russia to get the UN Security Council to condemn the recent strikes on Syria by the US, Britain, and France, has failed.

2. #ROSSLARE: A Romanian truck driver found dead at Rosslare Port on Friday died from an underlying heart condition, a post-mortem has revealed.

3. #PADDY JACKSON: The Sunday Times reports that the former Ulster player is likely to be offered a contract by a top French club after having his contract with the IRFU revoked.

4. #COMEY: Former FBI director James Comey says he relaunched an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails 10 days before the 2016 US election because he was certain that she would win.

5. #AIRBNB: Ireland’s mooted ‘licensing’ scheme for the accommodation-rental service would only be rolled out in Dublin.

6. #’A SCANDAL’: Almost 8,000 children have been waiting over a year for eye treatments in Ireland.

7. #HUMAN CONSUMPTION: 64,074 horses have been slaughtered in Ireland and then exported to the continent for human consumption since 2012.

8. #BABY BOXES: The Sunday Independent reports that free Baby Boxes, containing essentials for the care of a newborn, are to be introduced for new Irish parents in an effort to boost the country’s fertility rate.

9. #LIMERICK: TheJournal.ie takes a look inside the specialist Garda unit cracking down on burglaries in the Munster county.