EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.
1. #MONEY TALKS A new report has revealed that 83 of Ireland’s wealthiest people pay income tax at a lower rate than those on the average industrial wage.
2. #EARTHQUAKE Nearly 400 people have been killed following an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.
3. #UN Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has criticised a decision by the US to cut funding to Palestinian aid programmes in a speech at the Untied Nations.
4. #GARDA ATTACKS Petty crime in one part of Dublin has spiked after a drug unit targeting low-level suppliers stopped following attacks on gardaí.
5. #IRELAND SAYS NO Two thirds of people are opposed to Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland having the right vote in presidential elections, according to a new poll.
6. #SECURITY BREACH Facebook says that up to 50 million accounts were breached in what is being reported as the biggest security flaw to ever hit the social network.
7. #BRETT KAVANAUGH US President Donald Trump has agreed to launch an FBI investigation into the background of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
8. #WORLD CUP British Prime Minister Theresa May has thrown her support behind a potential bid by the United Kingdom and Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup.
9. #WEATHER It will be a mostly dry day across the country, with sunny spells and highest temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees Celsius
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