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The 9 at 9 Here’s all you need to know this chilly Thursday morning.

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

1. #OPPORTUNITY LOST: A new report has found that some women were wrongly denied redress as part of the Magdalen Restorative Justice scheme.

2. #SO VERY COLD: It’s very cold indeed outside this morning, and it’s going to be freezing tonight.

3. #IMPASSABLE: Mountmellick, Co Laois, remains impassable this morning due to severe flooding in the town.

4. #COMPETENCE?: Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald’s week from hell continues today as she’s set to take Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin says it will decide later today whether or not to table a vote of no confidence on Fitzgerald.

5. #COLUMBA MCVEIGH: A new search for the ‘disappeared’ 17-year-old, who was kidnapped and killed in November 1975, is likely to take place next year.

6. #RENTAL RESPITE: A set of new rules aim to help tenants if landlords seek a ‘back door’ around rent limits.

7. #WRONG HOUSE: A Dublin family is suing the gardaí after officers repeatedly wrongly raided their home.

8. #OF COURSE IT IS: It’s official – three or four cups of coffee a day are good for you.

9. #SREBRENICA: A Dublin-based survivor has recalled the genocide perpetrated at the Bosnian town in 1995, in the wake of the sentencing of Ratko Mladic yesterday.

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