Every morning TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know a little before 9am.

1. #ATHLONE: A man that was being questioned over the death of Patryck Krupa in Athlone has been released. Another man has been charged after Krupa’s body was found in the Shannon.

2. #IRAQ: Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will be in Luxembourg today to discuss the worsening crisis in Iraq.

3 #SCHOOL CLOSURE: Parents and teachers from the De La Salle Primary School in Ballyfermot are holding a protest today over plans to close the school.

4. #LIZZIE: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will begin a three-day visit to Northern Ireland today, meeting with Martin McGuinness and visiting the set of Game of Thrones.

5. #MASS SHOOTING: A South Korean soldier who killed five members of his unit  has been captured after a failed suicide attempt.

6. PYLONS:  Eirgrid will today announce details of a possible underground route for the controversial Grid West project.

7.  #PREGNANCY: Nearly 300,000 women are thought to die during pregnancy across the world every year according to new research.

8. #JUSTICE: The Law Society says that cuts to court services around the country pose a threat to “the very fabric of our justice system”, according to The Irish Tines.

9. #WHAT A PRO: Northern Ireland’s Stephanie Meadow has completed a superb professional golf debut by finishing solo third at the US Woman’s Open at Pinehurst.