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

1. #MO’ MONEY: Most companies are planning on giving pay rises this year.

2. #I’M SORRY: Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has apologised for any offence caused by one of his tweets.

3. #NEW PARTY: Lucinda Creighton is to expected to outline the timeline to setting up a new political party later today.

4. #CRUSH: China is today mourning the 36 people who died in a New Year’s Eve crush on Shanghai’s famed waterfront.

5. #CRIME: The new national DNA database is to become operational this year.

6. #EXPENSES: The Irish Times reports that male judges are claiming higher expenses than their female counterparts.

7. #BURRR: Get your thermals back on. Temperatures are set to plummet from tomorrow.

8. #DONORS: There has been a decrease in the number of organ donors. [RTÉ]

9. #AUSTRALIA: Bondi Beach was closed for a time today after a shark sighting by a police helicopter.

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