EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you head out the door.

1. #LIFE: Graham Dwyer will be sentenced to life in prison today for stabbing to death Dublin childcare worker Elaine O’Hara.

2. #APPEAL: Dwyer is likely to lodge an appeal. Here’s how that would work. 

3. #CASH: Tax receipts could be up to €2 billion higher than the estimated target for 2015, according to Goodbody Stockbrokers. [RTÉ]

4. #KILLINGS: A new video has appeared online which appears to show the execution of 30 Christians by Islamic State militants.

5. #COURT The trial of a woman charged with assisting the suicide of another woman in Dublin four years ago is set to begin today.

6. #MEDITERRANEAN: EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the increasing number of migrants being drowned after a boat carrying 700 people capsized in Libyan waters yesterday.

7. #CALL A CAB: An Garda Síochána spent more than €80,000 so far this year on taxis to transport people who are in garda custody.

8. #CRASH A traffic light was entirely flattened in a crash on the M50 at the weekend.

9. #LET THE SUN SHINE: The weather forecast for the week ahead is looking pretty good.