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The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you wake up on this St Patrick’s Day morning.

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

1. #RIP: The wife of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, Maureen Haughey, has died aged 91.

2. #RESCUE 116: A team of six investigators have discovered wreckage from the craft on an island some 10km from shore.

3. #RIRA: Former members of a once-feared Dublin crime gang are now dealing steroids in city centre gyms as the number of people attending addiction services increases.

4. #HEAVY RAIN:weather warning has been issued for the west of the country.

5. #BUILDING: Over a dozen Irish shopping centres changed hands last year. Here are the biggest deals.

6. #ROAD CLOSURES: Here’s everything you need to know about getting around St Patrick’s Day in Dublin.

7. #ANNIVERSARY: Before Today FM – Radio Ireland launched and failed as a talk radio station. Today marks 20 years since it went live. Here’s the story of those nine months.

8. #THE SNAKE: An Irish folklore expert has claimed that St Patrick was married and that the legacy of his wife has been lost in history.

9. #LOOKING BACK: From jesters to Wombles, from young to old, here’s a quick history of Dublin’s old St Patrick’s Day parades.

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