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GOOD MORNING

The 9 at 9 It’s Wednesday – here’s what you need to know.

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

1. #IBRC: The special liquidator for the former Anglo Irish Bank says that comments made in the Dáil by Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty are misleading.

2. #GROWTH: The economy will continue to grow, the ESRI says, but don’t expect a pay rise.

3. #MCKINNEY: The police officer seen on a video pinning a 14-year-old girl to the ground and pulling his gun on teenagers has resigned.

4. #ALCOHOLISM: The number of Irish people seeking treatment for alcohol abuse has substantially declined.

5. #CRASH: The Irish football management team – Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane – were not seriously injured in a crash last night.

6. #WEATHER: The weather will be beautiful again today.

7. #TTIP: A vote on an EU-US trade agreement stalled yesterday, here’s why people are worried about it.

8. #LONDON: The decision not charge police who shot an innocent man in a London tube station 10 years ago is to be challenged.

9. #UP ON THE ROOF: An inmate at Mountjoy Prison was stranded on the roof for hours after cllimbing up to retrieve drugs.