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The 9 at 9 Here’s what’s making headlines this morning.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #RESTRICTIONS: New localised restrictions took effect from midnight for Kildare, Offaly and Laois.

2. #REACTION: There was a high degree of anger from local TDs to the new restrictions for these counties.

3. #DEBUNKED: This morning, we tackle some of the latest misinformation on social media that claimed wearing a face covering gives you Legionnaires’ disease (or pleurisy).

4. #HSE: Only 209 workers who applied for the Be On Call for Ireland initiative have been placed in the health service.

5. #LUMP SUM: All TDs who lost their seats in the last election have paid back their “parachute” payments.

6. #MISSING PERSON: An appeal has been made to help trace a missing 24-year-old man from Ennis

7. #THIRD LEVEL: Around 4,000 applicants will receive their Round Zero CAO offers today

8. #CALMED WATERS: The board of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) presented a united front last night at the end of a rancorous week

9. #WEATHER: It’s going to be a lovely day for much of the country, with dry, sunny spells and temperatures between 19 and 24 degrees.

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    Mute Peter Bell
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    Aug 8th 2020, 9:49 AM

    Some clown broke the Egg .

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    Aug 8th 2020, 10:27 AM

    @Peter Bell: never mind that,the placement of the egg is truely barbaric

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    Aug 8th 2020, 10:41 AM

    @Lisa Quinn: Yes, what kind of monster doesn’t know to use the sausage as a breakwater for the beans.

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    Aug 8th 2020, 11:10 AM

    @Lisa Quinn: I’d still chance it only because it’s Saturday………

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    Aug 8th 2020, 11:12 AM

    @Gordon Walsh: and it looks like clonikilty pudding Muuuuuuuummmmmm

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    Aug 8th 2020, 6:50 PM

    @Gordon Walsh: alan partridge rating sonja breakfast?!

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    Aug 8th 2020, 12:24 PM

    Rashers look a fright.

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    Aug 8th 2020, 8:45 PM

    Should have said, precooked and then reheated, just what they did for tourists.

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    Aug 8th 2020, 9:59 PM

    Beans? That’s not an Irish breakfast.. that’s the full English

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