The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Swine flu is back – and this time it means business; parents under the microscope and how Ted’s excellent adventure almost ended in tears.

The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Enda Kenny goes viral; Arkansas hit by another biblical deluge of dead animals – and Russell Brand commits the ultimate crime against women.

The 9 at 9 Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: support for Fianna Fail and Labour is down, while Fine Gael and Sinn Fein bounce; the European Court of Human Rights issues a ruling on Ireland’s abortion laws, and the shocking truth about the Rubberbandits.