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

1. #MOORE STREET: Opposition TDs and relatives’ groups have hit out at the Government after it was announced funds to challenge a High Court decision declaring Moore Street a historic battlefield site would likely be taken from the centenary commemoration fund.

2. #LIMERICK: A man in his early 20s has died after the car he was a passenger in left the road and struck a ditch in Co Limerick this morning.

3. #SYRIA: The US has abandoned its effort to convince Russia to impose a ceasefire on the Syrian regime as government forces pursued their relentless onslaught on eastern Aleppo.

4. #TRUMPED: US presidential nominee Donald Trump has been criticised after saying some soldiers develop mental health issues because they “can’t handle” war.

5. #COURTS: A 15-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to attacking and injuring a girl on a playground swing in north Dublin last year.

6. #POLAND: Irish pro-choice activists have voiced their support for women in Poland who went on strike in protest against proposed strict new abortion laws.

7. #DEFENCE FORCES: The vast majority of drug tests carried out on members of the Defence Forces last year were negative – with just 17 out of 1,184 personnel failing the test. Five members failed tests in 2014.

8. WHISTLEBLOWERS Two senior gardaí have alleged that senior garda management conducted a major campaign to “destroy” a whistleblower within the force, the Irish Examiner reports.

9. PUPPY FARMS: Ireland has been dubbed the “puppy farm capital of Europe” with illegal dog breeding taking place on an industrial scale. Here is some advice to make sure you don’t buy a dog illegally.