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

1. #TRAGEDY: Pakistan is beginning three days of mourning after 132 school children were killed in a Taliban attack yesterday.

2. #MURDER: A 13-year-old is to appear in court today charged with the murder of an Irish man in London.

3. #ABORTION: The Minister for Health Leo Varadkar said Ireland’s abortion laws are too restrictive, but he ruled out a “rushed referendum”.

4. #MONEY: The ESRI says the Government are going to clock up a bigger deficit than expected next year because of the hit to the public purse from Irish Water.

5. #SYDNEY: An inquiry into the police actions at the hostage situation in Sydney is expected to take place.

6. #FLYBE: A plane made an emergency landing in Belfast Airport last night after its engine went on fire.

7. #RSVP: The ECB have snubbed Ireland’s banking inquiry by saying they won’t be attending [RTÉ]

8. #WE’RE SORRY: New Zealand police have issued an “unreserved apology” to the Irish community in the country for saying that a man pulled over on Sunday with his kayak strapped on to his car sideways was Irish.

9. #YOUNG GUN: A referendum on changing the age of eligibility to become the President of Ireland is taking place next year.