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

1. #STRIKE: A strike at Bus Éireann will continue after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission broke down without agreement.

2. #CALIFORNIA: An eight-year-old boy has died from his injuries after a shooting at a school in southern California yesterday.

3. #GARDAÍ: Just under half of people have confidence in the gardaí to protect and serve their community.

4. #WATER METERS: Water meter installations across the country have so far cost the State more than €467 million.

5. #SYRIA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has travelled to Russia for talks about the ongoing war in Syria.

6. #LIMERICK: A former bridal store owner has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence after admitting stealing dress payments from bride-to-be customers.

7. #CANADA: A Canadian man who pleaded guilty to flying to Ireland twice to have sex with a teenage girl will be sentenced today.

8. #FRANCE: A huge fire, apparently started deliberately, tore through the Grande-Synthe migrant camp near the northern French city of Dunkirk late last night, reducing it to “a heap of ashes”.

9. #COLD CASES: In the latest article in our murder series, we remember Jim Mulqueen, who was murdered in Co Limerick in 2009.

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