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The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.

1. #BROADCASTING: The Minister for Communications wants to replace the current television licence with a public broadcasting charge which every household and business would be liable for – regardless of whether they have a TV or not. Pat Rabitte told the Dáil yesterday that there is a growing number of viewers watching television on platforms other than the conventional set.

2. #MURDER: Gardaí in Tipperary have launched a murder inquiry into the death of a man whose body was found in the lobby of an apartment block in Clonmel yesterday morning. The victim, who received a number of head injuries during an assault, has been named locally as 46-year-old Anthony Fallon.

3. #TROIKA: Representatives from the Troika are to deliver their latest verdict on Ireland’s fiscal performance this afternoon. The officials have been in Dublin for the past 10 days to assess the country’s adherence to the bailout programme.

4. #DU PLANTIER: Ian Bailey, a key suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, must wait weeks before the Supreme Court makes a judgement on a challenge to his extradition to France. According to the Irish Examiner, a central issue is whether French authorities will prosecute him or if they are still at investigation stages. If the court finds against Bailey on the complex legal issues debated since Monday, then the judge will hear submissions about a 2001 DPP review criticising the Gardaí.

5. #SAVINGS: Teachers should pay for parking; those receiving unemployment benefits should do community work; and Gardaí should pay for their own boots – that is according to the public. Details of a Government consultation on how the State can save money were published by the Irish Times this morning with multiple suggestions about the welfare system and public sector efficiencies.

6. #CONVICTED: The Law Reform Commission has called for judges to be allowed to set minimum jail terms for offenders who receive mandatory sentences for murder. The think-tank also recommended that the minimum sentences for drugs and firearms offences be reviewed as they have not led to a reduced level of criminality.

7. #TENSE: In a throwback to the 1980s, Argentina and Great Britain’s leaders have got entangled in a war-of-words over the Falklands. The rhetoric began after David Cameron accused Buenos Aires of taking a colonial attitude towards the islands, the Guardian reports. Argentine ministers hit back stating that the remarks were “totally offensive” and an attempt to “rewrite history”.

8. #MICHAELA: The family of Michaela McAreavey has set up a foundation in memory of the 27-year-old schoolteacher who was killed while on honeymoon in Mauritius a year ago. The fund aims to help students taking Irish language and religious education classes in universities, reports the Irish News.

9. #OOPS: Bank errors are rarely a good thing, right? Well for one man in India a bank’s mistake made him a billionaire for a day, the BBC reports. Parajit Saha checked his balance online and instead of seeing the figure of about €156, a whopping €7.6 billion appeared. What would you do? The Bengali schoolteacher called the State institution immediately asking it to withdraw the “astronomical figure”.

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