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GOOD MORNING

The 8 at 8 We’re halfway through the week… here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #DUBLIN AIRPORT: Flights have resumed at Dublin Airport after a fire in one of the hangars.

2. #NO CHARGE: One of the main organisers of the Right2Water has questioned the timing of the leak of expected criminal charges against Jobstown protesters. 

3. #SEARCH: A major search is underway in Clare for a Japanese couple in their 60s. 

4. #DEFENCE FORCES: A White Paper has been launched that will see the size of the Irish Defence Forces increase significantly.

5. #VIOLENCE: Two people have been stabbed in Dublin overnight, the Irish Independent is reporting.

6. #MCDOWELL: Writing in today’s Irish Times, former minister for justice Michael McDowell has said that a decision was made by British and Irish governments to leave the infrastructure of the Provisional IRA in place.

7. #CHINA: The turmoil in Asian economic markets is continuing today with European stocks expected to fall, The Guardian reports. 

8. #WHISKEY: A unmanned cargo ship carrying a whiskey name checked by Bill Murray in Lost in Translation has arrived at the International Space Station.

9. #RESIGN: An Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor who threatened to cut an activists throat has been told to resign by his party.

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