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The 9 at 9 It’s the first day of a new week – and here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories, a little before nine, you need to know with your morning coffee.

1. #PATRICK NULTY The mother of a girl who was sent inappropriate messages by former TD Patrick Nulty has given a statement to gardaí over the incident, says the Irish Independent. Meanwhile, more young people are said to have alleged they were contacted by Nulty.

2. #HSE The HSE has upheld a complaint after a two-year-old boy escaped from a creche. The Daily Mail reports that the parents were not told by the creche about what happened, but found out from neighbours. New protocol has been implemented at the creche.

3. #FUNERAL Businessman Edward Haughey, who was killed in a helicopter crash, will be buried in Louth today. The former senator, who was Northern Ireland’s richest man, died along with three others when a helicopter came down in Norfolk on 13 March.

4. #MALAYSIA New debris has been sighted in the Indian Ocean during the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. A Chinese air crew spotted two “relatively big floating objects” as well as many white smaller items scattered across several kilometres.

5. #SHOOTING A man was injured in a shooting in an estate in Drogheda at 6pm last night. The 35-year-old was taken to hospital, with his injuries described as not life-threatening. A man (19) has been arrested.

6. #ROBOT Rwandan President Paul Kagame has pledged €50,000 to help perfect the robot being created for Joanne O’Riordan, the Irish Independent reports. He heard about the project while at a conference in Dublin.

7. #UKRAINE Russia has seized another Crimean military base, using stun grenades and armoured personnel carriers. After they stormed the naval base, three Russian vehicles were seen carrying Ukrainian marines who had their hands tied.

8. #EBOLA The Ebola epidemic in the Republic of Guinea is threatening to become a regional health crisis, Plan Ireland says. So far, 59 people have died of the deadly disease and there have been suspected cases in Sierra Leone.

9. #GARDAÍ Thousands of gardaí have been offered an incentivised career break worth €30k. This has led to fears that there could be a ‘manpower crisis’ in the force. Senior officers warned the Herald that the scheme is “potentially ‘catastrophic’”.

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    Mute Fabiana Rea
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    Jan 12th 2015, 8:59 AM

    Terrible, RIP to the staff and passengers on board. Very scary.

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    Mute Philip Nicholls
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    Jan 12th 2015, 9:07 AM

    as they’ve found the first of the two recorders at least we can hope now to find out why the flight crashed and take steps to prevent a repetition.

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    Mute Joe Desbonnet
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    Jan 12th 2015, 10:33 AM

    This talk of exploding due to pressure (at sea level) seems like BS to me. If anything it may have imploded.. but I doubt the ~ 300mb cabin pressure difference between cruise alt and sea level could do that on its own.

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    Jan 12th 2015, 10:46 AM

    Just leave it at ‘ploded’ so!

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    Mute Mick Rooney
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    Jan 12th 2015, 1:21 PM

    The Indonesian Transport Ministry is already disputing the claims this official made and that the damage occured when the aircraft hit the water, not before.

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    Mute Eric Cantona
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    Jan 12th 2015, 1:26 PM

    They probably just mean the plane came apart on impact, ie it was intact when it hit the water and did not come apart in the air ruling out midair explosions etc,

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    Mute Mick Rooney
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    Jan 12th 2015, 2:57 PM

    Joe, cabin pressurisation in an aircraft doesn’t happen at the flick of switch – meaning, the cabin just doesn’t suddenly go to 10-11psi for crusing altitude the moment the aircraft leaves the ground. It’s a gradual automated process fed by the engine compressors with a safety valve at the rear of the aircraft. As an aircraft rises the air gets thinner and the pressure in the cabin gradually rises to make the air comfortable to breathe. The system works in reverse on descent. So the argument that the aircraft would still be at crusing altitude pressure (even in a rapid descent) at sea level is nonsence. It looks to me like the Director of Search & Rescue cited in the article got his information from salvage crews at the scene, not investigators. The investigation doesn’t begin until parts of the aircraft are forensically examined and the information from the black box recorders is downloaded.

    If explosive depressurisation forces occured here (and as yet we don’t know it did), then it happened at altitude, not sea level (due to violent forces acting on the aircraft or hull failure). The limited pictures of debris I’ve seen from the tail are jagged twists and tears consistent with catostrophic impact. Some of the rear windows and surrounds on the tail are still intact. That’s not consistent with massive depressure blast. Compare the tail debris recovered from QZ8501 with MH17 and you will notice the differences.

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