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The 9 at 9 The results of Nóra Quoirin’s autopsy, flights grounded at Shannon Airport, and Corbyn’s pitch to the UK parliament.

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

1. #NÓRA QUOIRIN: Malaysian police said that the results of an autopsy indicate that there was “no violence, abduction or foul play” involved in the death of Nóra Quoirin.

2. #GROUNDED: All flights at Shannon Airport have been suspended this morning due to an incident at the hub.

3. #JEFFREY EPSTEIN: An autopsy has found broken bones in Epstein’s neck which can happen in suicide “but is more typical in homicide by strangulation”, the Washington Post reports.

4. #UK: Jeremy Corbyn has urged the leaders of the other opposition parties and Tory rebels to install him as caretaker PM in order to stop a no-deal Brexit (BBC).

5. #COSTS: The government should raise the price of a packet of cigarettes in the next six Budgets to €20 a pack by 2025, the Irish Heart Foundation has said.

6. #HORSEBOY: An Bórd Pleanála is set to rule on the case of a well-known mural in the Smithfield area, after Dublin City Council found that it needs planning permission to remain in place.

7. #UP IN SMOKE: Minister Richard Bruton told the Dáil seven weeks ago that there was €6 million left in funding this year for the Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme, which this week was closed because it is “unable to offer any further funding”.

8. #US SHOOTOUT: A suspect has been taken into custody after six police officers were injured during a shootout in Philadelphia (BBC).

9. #MOVE ON UP: A build-to-rent 17-storey apartment tower called Railway Gardens has been proposed for Cork city, reports the Irish Examiner.

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