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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Storm Dennis, the coronavirus and lost letters at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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

1. #STORM DENNIS: We’re set for a squally few days with the weather looking wet and windy for the weekend after Met Éireann issued two weather warnings as Storm Dennis approaches Ireland. 

2. #THANK YOU FOR THE DATES: With a number of important engagements on the calendar, we take a look at the important dates coming up as parties try to form a Government. 

3. #CHINA: The death toll from a strain of coronavirus in mainland China has passed 1,500 after health authorities reported another 143 deaths earlier this morning. 

4. #LÉ AISLING: The Department of Foreign Affairs twice failed to act on a UN letters asking how a former naval vessel ended up being used in the Libyan Civil War.

5. #HARRY DUNN: A police investigation has been launched in the UK after a video on social media appeared to show a car being driven on the wrong side of the road outside an RAF base near where teenager Harry Dunn was killed.

6. #CITIZENS, ASSEMBLE!: Last weekend’s General Election will be a feature of upcoming discussions among members of the public taking part in the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality. 

7. #UNITED STATES: Democrats in Nevada and South Carolina will this month vote for the candidate they want to take on Donald Trump in November’s presidential election.

8. #TAKE ‘EM DOWN: The deadline for taking down election posters is midnight tonight. 

9. #JAPAN: The United States plans to evacuate Americans from the Diamond Princess cruise ship held in quarantine at a Japanese port since early February, the US embassy said today. 

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