EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you get ready to face the day.

1. #HOME SWEET HOME: The occupation of Apollo House has ended, but what happens next for the campaign?

2. #WEATHER WARNING: Motorists are being urged to take extra care on the roads this morning. Weather advisories remain in effect, with further wintry showers forecast for later.

3. #ASSANGE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Barack Obama grants clemency to the former US soldier Chelsea Manning.

4. #SHOOTING: A man and a woman in their 50s were shot in the legs in West Belfast yesterday evening in a paramilitary-style attack.

5. #PARIS ATTACKS: The main suspect in the Paris attacks says he is “not ashamed” in a letter to a woman who has been writing to him in prison, according to extracts published in the French press this morning.

6. #BIDEN TIME: In a surprise announcement that caught a visibly shocked Joe Biden unaware, US President Barack Obama awarded his nation’s highest honour to his loyal Vice President.

7. #IRISH WATER: The energy regulator has denied saying Irish Water should not proceed with metering. Meanwhile, those ‘consultants’ were also discussed at the Oireachtas water committee.

8. #NINTENDO: Nintendo has said it will release its long-awaited new console, the Nintendo Switch, on 3 March. ”You would hope that they’ve learnt the lessons of trying to market the Wii U,” IHS Technology gaming analyst Piers Harding-Rolls told the BBC. 

9. #THE FLICKS: Heading out to the cinema this weekend? Here’s our guide to what’s on, and what the critics are saying.