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

1. #IT CONTINUES: Another round of talks was adjourned in the early hours of this morning and the train strike still hasn’t been called off.

2. #CARRICKMINES: The funeral of Thomas and Slyvia Connors and their three children will take place in Balally.

3. #IRISH WATER: Today is the final deadline to register for the €100 water conservation grant.

4. #ROAD DEATH: A young man has died after his car crashed into a tree in the townland of Carrowntreila near Ballina.

5. #IT WAS US: Germany has been forced to reaffirm its culpability for the Holocaust after Benjamin Netanyahu claimed a Palestinian leader told the Nazis to kill Jews.

6. #TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: A British lawyer and his wife were hacked to death at their Caribbean home.

7. #NEW YORK: A teenager testified against his sister in court yesterday about the brutal beating he was subjected to by his own family.

8. #HOMELESSNESS: Focus Ireland has said babies were among the rough sleepers over the summer, The Irish Times reports.

9. #CAREFUL: Online shoppers have been warned to watch out for import duties and dodgy websites as the Christmas shopping period kicks off.