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The 9 at 9 The final Bloody Sunday march takes place today; an investigation into Saturday’s fire in Mountjoy Prison is launched; and the support for independent candidates surges ahead of the general election.

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you really need to know with your morning coffee.

1. #BLOODY SUNDAY: The final march to mark the 1972 tragedy will take place in Derry today.

The decision to make this year’s march the final one – after 39 years – follows the the findings of the Saville Report last year. Fourteen people died as a result of British paratroopers opening fire on a civil rights march in the city in January 1972.

2. #MOUNTJOY: An investigation has been launched into a fire in Mountjoy Prison, which caused five inmates being taken to hospital yesterday.

It is suspected that the blaze was started deliberately, RTÉ reports.

3. #GE11: Fine Gael’s prospects of winning the election appear promising, according to a Sunday Independent/ MillwardBrown Lansdowne opinion poll. The poll suggests that at least three alternative options are open to the party to form a new government.

Levels of support for independents have surged, according to the poll, and Fine Gael also continues to gain support. Conversely, Fianna Fáil has reached a record low and Labour has lost support over the past number of months.

4. #GE11: Eight out of ten voters want the new government to renegotiate the terms of the EU/IMF bailout, according to the Sunday Independent/ MillwardBrown Lansdowne opinion poll, making the matter a significant election issue.

5. #HOMES: One in four people in Ireland fear losing their home over the coming year, regardless of their socio-economic situation.

According to the Sunday Independent/MillwardBrown Lansdowne national opinion poll, nearly two-fifths (39 per cent) are also worried about losing their job in 2011.

6. #EGYPT: Protesters are gearing up for a sixth day of demonstrations in Cairo today, as President Mubarak continues to cling to power.

As many as 100 people have already died in the unrest.

7. #GERMANY: Ten people have died in a train crash in Germany following a regional passenger train colliding with a goods train late Saturday in eastern Germany, reports AFP.

8. #SUDAN: More than 99 per cent of voters in the south of Sudan have said that they want to separate from the north in the recent independence referendum – a move that it is hoped will end decades of bitter civil war.

The final results of the vote will be revealed next month, the BBC reports.

9. #MASTERPIECE: A 450-year-old painting by Renaissance master Titian has sold for $16.9m (€12.4m) in New York, setting a new auction record for his work.

Madonna and Child, painted around 1560, has changed hands just six times during its life and has not been seen publicly for 30 years, according to the BBC.

The painting by the 16th century Venetian Master had not been seen in public since the late 1970s.

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