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

1. #EGYPT: A state of emergency has been declared in Sinai after a bomb attack killed 30 soldiers.

2. #WATER CHARGES: The Irish Independent reports that there are plans to extend the age limit for children’s free water allowance.

3. #EBOLA: It is feared that many could be infected with the virus after a two-year-old, who later died from the disease, travelled from Guinea to Mali.

4. #EXPLICIT CONTENT: The Law Reform Commission plans to publish a report on offences committed via the internet such as ‘revenge porn’ which is to be made illegal in the UK.

5. #IRISH WATER: The Irish Examiner reports that senior managers in Irish Water will get €420,000 for car allowances this year.

6. #EVACUATED: The Irish Daily Star reports that President Michael D Higgins had to flee his bed on Tuesday night after someone threatened to “blow up the Aras”.

7. #SEATTLE: The shooter who gunned down his fellow high school students was the homecoming prince.

8. #ABUSE: The Taoiseach will meet with abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe in ‘the coming weeks’.

9. #PRISON: A prisoner took his own life nine days after he was transferred to Cork Prison as a punishment.

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