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The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day – and your week.

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1. #COURT: David Drumm has arrived back in Ireland and is due to appear in court this morning.

2. #CREATIVE QUARTER: A number of complaints have been lodged with Dublin City Council over a new Starbucks which has opened on the south side of the city.

3. #EDUCATION: Secular Schools Ireland will apply to run each of the three new primary schools due to open in Dublin next September.

4. #SMOKING GUN: Gangs involved in tobacco smuggling have been hiding large sums of cash in the cabins of foreign-bound trucks, the Irish Examiner reports.

5. #WHAT’S UP DOC: Four junior doctors earned €100,000 each in overtime alone last year, the Irish Daily Mail has revealed.

6. #TURKEY: At least 37 people have been confirmed dead after an explosion at a busy transport hub.

7. #SUGAR: Health watchdog Safefood is calling on retailers not to sell energy drinks to children under the age of 16.

8.#BRAZIL: Three million people have joined an anti-government protest in Brazil.

9. #MISSION TO MARS: A spacecraft will take off this morning on a mission to Mars where it will search the planet’s atmosphere for signs of life.

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