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

1. #AIR ACCIDENT: Bad weather is hampering the search for the remaining bodies of the AirAsia passengers.

2. #CANADA: The deaths of nine people whose bodies were found in three separate but linked crime scenes in Edmonton, Canada, was an extreme case of domestic violence, said police.

3. #IRISH WATER: Enda Kenny says he doesn’t blame anyone for the whole Irish Water debacle this year.

4. #USA: A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother dead at a Wal-Mart after taking her gun from her handbag.

5. #NUCLEAR: The Irish Independent reports that Energy Minister Alex White says Ireland should not rule out nuclear energy.

6. #NO: The UN Security Council have rejected a Palestinian motion calling on Israel to withdraw from the region within a given time scale.

7. #COBH: The Irish Times reports that Michael Greaney who died, along with his wife, in an apparent murder-suicide, was assesses by four psychiatrists.

8. #USC: There’s been much talk about getting rid of the Universal Social Charge, but here’s how much it would cost.

9. #NYE: Heading out tonight to ring in the new year? Here’s all you need to know.