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The 9 at 9 Everything you need to know as you start your week…

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #CORK: The three O’Driscoll brothers, who died tragically last week after an apparent murder-suicide, are to be laid to rest today.

2. #CHARGED: A man’s been remanded in custody, after appearing in court last night in connection with Friday night’s fatal stab attack at St Otteran’s Psychiatric Hospital.

3. #THIS CHARMING MAN Michael Noonan’s off to meet EU officials to seek approval for the coalition’s plan to pay back a portion of our bailout early. Read our run-down of his plan here.

4. #PLANE Chinese relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been marking the six-month anniversary of the plane’s disappearance, the BBC reports.

5. #FREEZE Leo Varadkar wants health insurers to freeze their prices in return for a Government commitment not increase some taxes on the industry, according to this morning’s Irish Times. The proposal is set to be discussed by Cabinet in the next few weeks.

6. #IT COULD HAPPEN Sterling has fallen sharply in the wake of yesterday’s shock poll that showed the ‘yes’ side ahead in the Scottish independence referendum campaign, The Guardian reports.

7. #SHOOTING Detectives investigating the shooting of an Irish criminal in Spain at the weekend are examining whether a female associate of another known criminal ordered his murder, according to the Irish Independent. 

8. #LOOKING UP We should bring in tax cuts worth €400 in the Budget, according to business group IBEC. The lobby group has published an upbeat Consumer Monitor this morning.

9. #AND FINALLY You’d probably appreciate a comprehensive review of all the weekend’s GAA action, wouldn’t you? Here you go. 

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