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The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news you need to know this bank holiday Sunday morning.

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

1. #STABBING: A 25-year-old man has died after being stabbed in Co Clare early this morning.

2. #MAYO: Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man in his 20s was killed in a car crash in Co Mayo.

3. #WATER CHARGES: The company installing Irish Water meters has racked up multimillion-euro profits.

4. #NORTH KOREA: The UN Security Council has unanimously backed a US-drafted resolution that significantly strengthens sanctions on North Korea, imposing a ban on exports aimed at depriving Pyongyang of $1 billion (about €850 million) in annual revenue.

5. #PORT TUNNEL: Speed tunnels in the Dublin Port Tunnel are catching an average of 250 drivers per month breaking the speed limit.

6. #VENEZUELA: Venezuela’s new legislative assembly has sacked the country’s chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with an ally of president Nicolás Maduro.

7. #USAIN BOLT: Bolt was denied a fairytale ending to his glittering career as he finished third in a 100m World Championship final won by American Justin Gatlin in London.

8. #RESTRICTED BREEDS: Ireland’s approach to targeting and legislating for specific dog breeds has no scientific basis and may be making the situation here worse, a new study has claimed.

9. #HORSES: Animal welfare volunteers have been putting themselves in harm’s way to care for a group of abandoned and neglected horses on an expanse of unused land in West Dublin in recent months.

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