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

1. #STORMONT: Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has described the Stormont walkout by Peter Robinson as a “contrived crisis”.

2. #ASSAULT: A man is in a serious condition in hospital after an assault in the Temple Bar area of Dublin last night.

3. #CINEMA SHOOTING: New photos of the chaotic aftermath of the Colorado theatre shooting and the booby-trapped apartment of James Holmes have been released. 

4. #CHESTER: The trial of Gayle Newland, the woman accused in the prosthetic penis sexual assault case, resumes today. The 25 year old had a panic attack while on the stand yesterday.

5. #AISLING BRADY MCCARTHY: The sister of the Irish nanny who wrongly spent two and a half years in prison awaiting trial for the murder a one-year-old Rehma Sabir has spoken out for the first time.

6. #CHEMICAL WEAPONS: A US official has claimed that there are concerns that Islamic State militants are making crude chemical weapons, reports the BBC.

7. #AER ARANN: The proposal to replace the plane service to the Aran Islands with a helicopter service has been delayed, according to the Irish Independent.

8. #MIGRANT CRISIS: A disturbing video has emerged showing fenced-in refugees fed sandwiches ‘like animals in pen’.

9. #9/11: On the 14th anniversary of the World Trade Centre attacks, meet Bretagne the last surviving rescue dog.