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The 9 at 9 Woman and teen charged over assault of Scarlett Faulker, US marines arrive in Middle East and the clocks spring forward.

GOOD MORNING. 

Here’s all the news you need to know to start the day.

Housing

1. Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty, who is also vice-chair of the EU’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis, told The Journal that Ireland needs more landlords with five or more properties who treat renting as a business, rather than one-off landlords who see it as their pension.

Scarlett Faulkner

2. A 40-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl appeared before a special sitting of Limerick District Court charged in connection with the serious assault of Scarlett Faulkner last weekend.

Iran

3. Thousands of US marines and sailors have arrived in the Middle East on an assault ship, amid reports by the Washington Post that the Pentagon is “preparing for weeks of ground operations” in Iran. 

Political prisoners

4. As the war in the Middle East rages on, Israel has moved forward with a controversial decision that is drawing far less global attention: advancing a bill to execute Palestinian prisoners.

Serious assault

5. A man in his 40s is in a critical condition in hospital following a serious assault on Amiens Street in Dublin’s North Wall.

Youth unemployment

6. In this analysis piece, Paul O’Donoghue looks at the recent rise in employment in the 15 to 24 age cohort and what might be driving it. 

Internet diaries

7. Our FactCheck editor Stephen McDermott looks into the ads appearing on social media feeds which promote apps and products that offer to help men ‘hack’ dating.

First-time TD

8. Over the last few months, The Journal has been sitting down with some of the new TDs in Leinster House in an effort to help you get to know them and to find out what they make of being a TD so far. This week, we spoke to Fine Gael’s Maeve O’Connell

Spring forward

9. In case you missed it, or you’re only waking up now, the clocks went forward by an hour at 1am this morning.

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