The 9 at 9: Sunday

The 9 at 9 Here are the stories you need to know as you begin your day.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #WATCHDOG: An investigation has been ordered after claims by The Sunday Times that a London doctor prescribed performance enhancing drugs to 150 leading sports men and women.

2. #SYMBOLIC: Brussels Airport will partially reopen today 12 days after bomb attacks that killed 32 people.

3. #BELGIUM: The Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the family of a man who died in a cycling event in Belgium on Friday.

4. #POLICY: Irish businesses are owed an estimated €4 billion-plus in overdue payments – and the problem is putting thousands of small- and medium-sized operators out of trade.

5. #UNSATISFIED CUSTOMERS: Complaints against Irish taxi drivers have increased by a huge extent in the last four years.

6. #DISPUTE: There’s no Luas in Dublin again this morning, as drivers hold a second strike day.

7. #MALIN TO MIZEN: The head of Ireland’s biggest business group says a €15 billion all-island motorway is the most important project for the country.

8. #SPECIAL FORCES: US officials are weighing up sending more special forces troops to Syria, where the contingent of American fighters currently numbers around 50.

9. #OUT-FOXED: Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton says fox hunting is not illegal and is therefore a valid place for a JobBridge intern to take a position.