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The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news that matters in your world this Saturday morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #HOME: The children of Jason Corbett have arrived at Shannon airport this morning on a flight from the US.

2. #APPEAL: A man in his 40s is still being questioned after a 22-year-old died after he was shot in Kildare yesterday evening.

3. #SINN FÉIN: Gerry Adams has said the IRA was not involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast last week and hit out at those who he says have “opportunistically seized on the killing“.

4. #SHOOTING: Off-duty US Marines managed to overpower a gunman on a train from Amsterdam to Paris yesterday.

5. #DEADLINE: South and North Korea have agreed to hold talks as a deadline loomed for Seoul to halt loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the border or face military action. RTÉ

6. #POLITICS: Fianna Faíl is struggling to ensure that a third of its general election candidates are female, but will that mean that some men lose out?

7. #MIGRANT CRISIS: There has been no drop off in the number of Irish tourists seeking out flights to the Greek island of Kos, despite it being in the spotlight recently as the Mediterranean and Aegean migrant crisis continues.

8. #HOMELESS: There has been an increase in the number of people scaling the railings of the Custom House in Dublin to sleep in the grounds of the building overnight.

9. #EVERTDAY EXERCISE: ‘The point of everyday exercise is to seamlessly integrate activity into things we already do

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