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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as you get stuck into your day.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #GARDAÍ: Post mortems are due to be carried out on the husband and wife killed yesterday in Louth.

2. #JOBS: The controversial Uber app is creating 150 jobs in Limerick.

3. #TIME’S UP: The EU agency Eurostat is expected to rule today on whether state funds spent on Irish Water can stay off the Exchequer balance sheet.

4. #MADELEINE MCCANN: Police in Australia have said it’s ‘unlikely’ the skeletal remains found in a suitcase could be those of missing Madeleine McCann.

5. #UK: British politician John Sewel has stepped down from the House of Lords after footage emerged of him allegedly snorting cocaine off a prostitute.

6. #COME FLY WITH ME: The Irish Examiner reports that a price war could be on the way between airlines that will lower prices for customers. 

7. #MADE IN IRELAND: New regulations have been introduced by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to ensure Irish whiskey is made in Ireland.

8. #CANCER: The terminally ill cancer patient Margaret Ready who appealed to Health Minister Leo Varadkar to intervene to help her get an expensive cancer drug has been approved for treatment, reports The Irish Daily Mail.

9. #HOMES: Proposals to reduce minimum apartment sizes in Dublin city have been slated as a sign the council is giving into pressure from the construction industry.