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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #WARNING: Enda Kenny says the public must choose between water charges, or a 4% income tax increase.

2. #UMBRELLA MOVEMENT: An estimated 150,000 people hit the streets yesterday in a historic protest against the introduction of water charges.

3. #PARTY TIME: A new poll shows Sinn Féin support has risen despite recent controversies, and that they beat Fine Gael into second place in popularity

4. #INCOMING: Irish Water will actually take in €445 million in water charges, and not €321 million, as previously stated. (Mail on Sunday)

5. #SHOCKING: Hong Kong police are questioning a British banker after the bodies of two women were found in his apartment (South China Morning Post)

6. #VOTE: The pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine are holding what the west calls “illegitimate” elections today. (BBC)

7. #ABUSE: Enda Kenny has criticised Sinn Féin’s handling of abuse allegations and called on Gerry Adams to be “the first” to tell Gardaí where “relocated” suspects are.

8. #GALACTIC: US authorities say the investigation into the explosion of the Virgin Galactic test flight, which killed one pilot, could take a year (ABC News)

9. #ERIC WHO?: Health Minister Leo Varadkar has a secret Facebook account under the name “Eric Howell”, according to the Sunday Times.

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