LAST UPDATE | 25 Feb 2021

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #DUBLIN SHOOTING A teenager is in serious condition after being shot on Eugene Street at around 11pm last night.

2. #RICHARD O’HALLORAN Irish MEP’s have been asked to delay bringing a resolution to condemn the detainment of Irishman Richard O’Halloran by Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.

3. #COMMUNICORP Irish media giant Communicorp, who run Newstalk and TodayFM, have been acquired by UK media group Bauer Media.

4. #GARDAÍ 768 gardaí have been disciplined over the Juvenile Liaison Scheme controversy, with many still under investigation.

5. #AUSTRALIA The Australian parliament has successfully passed a law that will make both Google and Facebook pay for news.

6. #NI PROTOCOL The DUP has urged the UK government to act “unilaterally” over the Northern Ireland protocol and to protect the internal market.

7. #DATA BREACH The Data Protection Commission has said that over 6,600 data security breaches were notified last year.

8. #BIDEN US President Joe Biden has revoked a series of executive orders signed by former President Donald Trump, including one which would cut funding to cities he deemed “anarchist” havens.

9. #PERSEVERENCE New photos of Mars have been unveiled by NASA, taken by their newest rover on the red planet, Perseverance.