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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 head out the door.

1. #CHARLIE: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in Ireland today for a four-day visit and will meet Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams later.

2. #PART 2: A new lesbian mural has appeared on the side of a castle in Co Galway.

3. #GAY CAKE: Judgement in a landmark case being taken by a Belfast bakery over a pro-same-sex-marriage cake is to be delivered today.

4. #VICTORINO CHUA: An English nurse has been found guilty of murdering two patients in a hospital in what police describe as a ‘reign of terror’.

5. #ANA HICK: The 18-year-old Dalkey teenager who died following a night out in Dublin will be laid to rest tomorrow.

6. #UNSEASONAL: So much for the summer, it’s set to be cold and windy today with thunder even forecast for some areas.

7. #AFGHANISTAN: Eleven police officers have been jailed for not protecting the woman killed by a mob after being falsely accused of burning the Koran. (BBC)

8. #RIP: A nurse who was in a coma for more than 42 years following a brutal rape has died.

9. #ONE-CHILD POLICY: Despite being given permission to have another child, a Chinese woman has been told to have an abortion or she’ll lose her job.