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The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up to the last day of the year.

EVERY MORNING,TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.

1. #AIR ACCIDENT: Bad weather is hampering the search for the remaining bodies of the AirAsia passengers.

2. #CANADA: The deaths of nine people whose bodies were found in three separate but linked crime scenes in Edmonton, Canada, was an extreme case of domestic violence, said police.

3. #IRISH WATER: Enda Kenny says he doesn’t blame anyone for the whole Irish Water debacle this year.

4. #USA: A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother dead at a Wal-Mart after taking her gun from her handbag.

5. #NUCLEAR: The Irish Independent reports that Energy Minister Alex White says Ireland should not rule out nuclear energy.

6. #NO: The UN Security Council have rejected a Palestinian motion calling on Israel to withdraw from the region within a given time scale.

7. #COBH: The Irish Times reports that Michael Greaney who died, along with his wife, in an apparent murder-suicide, was assesses by four psychiatrists.

8. #USC: There’s been much talk about getting rid of the Universal Social Charge, but here’s how much it would cost.

9. #NYE: Heading out tonight to ring in the new year? Here’s all you need to know.

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