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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

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

1. #DELAYS: Some Irish Rail services into and out of Heuston Station have resumed following a major signal fault this morning. 

2. #EP2019: The count for the European elections has hit a stumbling block in the Dublin constituency. 

3. #FORT LUCAN: An outdoor adventure centre has been forced to remove some of its equipment as a result of hikes in insurance costs. 

4. #AUNGIER STREET: A London serviced apartment and hotel company has been granted permission to open 20 serviced apartments in Dublin city centre, overturning a decision by council planners despite An Bord Pleanála’s own inspector recommending against it.

5. #CHARLETON TRIBUNAL: A case is due to be heard today involving Garda Keith Harrison seeking to quash findings made against him in reports from the Disclosures Tribunal last year. 

6. #TOKYO: A knife-wielding attacker killed a 12-year-old schoolgirl and a man before stabbing himself to death outside Tokyo today, in an attack that also injured more than a dozen, including several children.

7. #OMBUDSMAN: Complaints from the public to Ombudsman Peter Tyndall about public services rose by 11% last year, according to his annual report for 2018. 

8. #ANONYMITY: Lawyers for a convicted child rapist have contested a victim’s request to waive her anonymity so that her abuser can be named.

9. #MARY RYAN: The family of missing woman Mary Ryan have appealed for information that could help trace the whereabouts of the 54-year-old Waterford native.

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