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The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as Sunday gets started.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.

1. #POLL: The latest Sunday Times Behaviour & Attitudes poll finds support for Fine Gael is one point greater than Fianna Fáil.

2. #NORTH KOREA: The US has called for stronger sanctions against North Korea after the country launched a ballistic missile.

3. #CRACKDOWN: Gardaí have plans to crack down on underage drinking this summer with Operation Irene.

4. #CYBERATTACK: Businesses have called on Government to increase funding for cyber security protection following an international hacking (RTÉ).

5. #LEGAL HIGHS: Psychoactive synthetic drugs are being smuggled into Irish prisons in what is being described as a “worrying trend” by prison officers.

6. #GARDAÍ: As the gardaí reel from scandal to scandal, the Independent Alliance will meet this week to consider whether it can continue to support Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan (Sunday Business Post).

7. #WIRETAP: In another Garda-centred story, the Sunday Independent reports on a historical case where an election worker for serving minister had his mobile phone tapped by gardaí.

8. #DIET: Health experts have warned that more people with cancer are being sold the idea of ‘healing diets’ that can damage their chances of survival.

9. #EUROVISON: Portugal scored its first ever Eurovision victory last night, with Salvador Sobral winning with the love ballad Amar Pelos Dois.

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