LAST UPDATE | 2 Jul 2018

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

1. #HOSEPIPE BAN: A hosepipe ban is now in operation in the Greater Dublin Area as Irish Water makes an urgent appeal to the public to conserve water as much as possible.

2. #HSE: The HSE has launched an investigation into a taxpayer-funded private care firm after a mother alleged that her son, who has a number of disabilities, was left unattended in a bath and burned with hot food by inexperienced care staff.

3. #RESIGNATION: Germany’s interior minister Horst Seehofer has said he wants to resign both his office and his position as head of the hardline conservative Bavarian CSU party.

4. #CORK: A Co Cork rugby club has lost an appeal against its neighbouring McDonald’s restaurant over the building, and retention, of a boundary wall between the two properties.

5. #ON THE RUN: French police have launched a manhunt for a notorious gangster after he escaped from prison aboard a hijacked helicopter yesterday.

6. #MEXICO: Anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential election.

7. #HOUSING: House prices in Dublin and across the country rose again the last quarter, but the rate of increase has slowed down, according to the latest MyHome.ie property report.

8. #STABBING: Nine people, including six children, have been stabbed at a three-year-old’s birthday party in Idaho, US, police said.

9. #WEATHER: There is good news for those who’ve been enjoying the sun over the past few weeks: we’re set for another hot week with “little or no rain forecast” across the country.