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The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine things to know before you start your Wednesday.

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

1. #BRUSSELS: The Taoiseach Enda Kenny is meeting with the European Council in Brussels today where leaders will discuss tax, and in particular, computer giant Apple’s use of Irish subsidiaries to avoid paying large tax am amounts.

2. #OKLAHOMA: Rescue workers believe there are no more bodies in the rubble left behind by the Oklahoma tornado and the the final death toll is 24, including nine children. The death toll was revised downward from 51 after some victims were counted twice in confusion. More than 200 people were treated in hospital.

3. #PENALTY POINTS: A spokesperson for the gardaí this morning told TheJournal.ie that the Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was working under the remit of the office, and effectively just doing his job, when he passed on confidential information to the Justice Minister Alan Shatter about Wexford TD Mick Wallace’s brush with the law. Shatter made somewhat of an apology to Wallace in the Dáil yesterday evening.

4. #JOHN KERINS: Gardaí have released the two people arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of former detective garda John Kerins. Searches and a dig at the home of the 49-year-old former garda have now also concluded.

5. #IODINE: Studies revel that iodine deficiency in pregnancy may have an adverse effect on children’s brain development. It has raised concerns that the iodine status of pregnant women is a public health issue that needs to be addressed.

6. #JOBS: Aer Arann has announced that it is to create 50 jobs over the next year as the airline, which flies under the Aer Lingus brand, aims to double its passenger numbers over the next five years.

7. #LIFE’S A BEACH: A report by the European Commission has shown that Ireland’s beaches are among the EU’s cleanest with 97 per cent of them meeting EU standards.

8. #MEXICO: Soldiers have flooded Mexico’s troubled western state of Michoacan to rescue the town besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel. The drug lords roam the area, burning businesses and homes of anyone who refuses to pay them protection money.

9. #SPOOKED: The Mayor of Dublin, Naoise O’Muiri, believes that the Mansion House is haunted after his four-year-old daughter Briona saw a ghost watching television early one morning, reports The Sun.

  • Over on DailyEdge.ie: Linda Martin’s never going back to Eurovision, Rihanna’s printing her own money, and what can we do with Alan Shatter’s saucy book? It’s the Dredge

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    Mute Eric Duhan
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    May 22nd 2013, 9:01 AM

    A ghost watching telly! Ireland’s got talent I suppose…? While he should have been out on the clean beaches of Ireland, I was in Ireland last week and I am sure the beaches are clean because it’s too cold to go on them for three quarters of the year. Great news from Aer Arann on the jobs front. I hope the boss went to Brussels on one of their flights and brought an apple for Angela to bight into…Have a great day Ireland and the Irish everywhere, the summer is coming, really…

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    May 22nd 2013, 9:30 AM

    When I was four there was always ghosting on the TV.

    No satellites or cable & only crappy ariels you see. We even had to get up to change the channel.

    On the plus side we could watch Sesame Street & the news at the same time. Picture in picture before it was invented.

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    May 22nd 2013, 8:56 AM

    Endas listening as our corporation tax is dismantled , bye bye multinational jobs.

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    May 22nd 2013, 12:22 PM

    I’m in IT and personally I’d be happy to see the tax loop holes close like Apple have abused.
    If companies are only here because we don’t charge tax we’re in worse trouble then I thought!

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    May 22nd 2013, 9:51 AM

    The Lord Mayor told us all about the Mansion House being haunted a few weeks ago, you can watch him tell the story here: http://storymap.ie/a-benign-influence enjoy!

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    Mute John Fitzgerald
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    May 23rd 2013, 10:34 PM

    I think it’s good to have this subject discussed. I came across a site maintained by an Australian lawyer who has put together the evidence for life after death. Worth a look. It’s easy to ridicule happenings such as the mansion House episode, but open minded scepticism is better than the closed minded kind…

    http://www.victorzammit.com

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    May 22nd 2013, 11:45 AM

    Is naoise not a girls name??

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