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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Two arrested after 800 killed in migrant boat that capsized, seven Irish beaches need to get cleaner and AC/DC drummer pleads guilty to threat to kill.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you head out the door.

1. #MEDITERRANEAN: Two suspected people traffickers have been arrested. It comes after the UN said 800 people were killed in the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday.

2. #CRISIS: At least 20 more people drowned after another migrant boat carrying 300 people issued distress calls yesterday.

3. #CLEAN UP: Seven of the country’s bathing spots were described as ‘poor’ in the latest EPA Bathing Water Quality Report.

4. #ATTACK: A 13-year-old boy armed with a crossbow and knife killed a teacher and wounded four others at his school in Barcelona.

5. #NEW ZEALAND: AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill.

6. #ROARING: Richard Boyd Barrett said he shouts in the Dáil because, “I just have a loud voice and I am used to the politics of the street.

7. #REGULATE: Councils are looking at rickshaws and how much hassle they are causing in cities.

8. #TAPA TAPA TAPA: Two of those paintings Michael Flatley makes with his feet sold for €120k last night.

9.#GOOD NEWS: The US government says the humpback whale is no longer endangered.