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The 9 at 9 Here’s what’s making headlines this morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #PLAYER WILLS Property developer Hines has expressed concern over a move to protect the Player Wills Factory by placing it on the Record of Protected Structures

2. #DIRECT PROVISION Deaths occurring in Direct Provision will be formally recorded and released for the first time, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has confirmed. 

3. #PRIORITY The government is considering a plan to raise the position of people with underlying conditions on the vaccine priority list.

4. #REOPENING Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that it is unlikely that hospitality will open before the middle of the summer.

5. #VACCINES Over 1,000 over-85s received their Covid-19 vaccination at the Helix in DCU yesterday.

6. #ST PATRICKS DAY Plans to virtually mark St Patricks Day with US President Joe Biden are still under consideration, says Taoiseach in an interview with TheJournal.ie.

7. #MYANMAR The UN has condemned the actions of the Myanmar military junta after the killing of two protesters yesterday.

8. #NAVALNY A Russian appeals court has upheld the decision to jail Alexei Navalny, one of Putin’s most prominent critics.

9. #MERRICK GARLAND Joe Biden’s nominee for Attorney General has said that he will move to vigorously prosecute Capitol attackers.

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