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

1. #NEIN!: The ECB is playing hardball with Greece by making it hard for the country to get funding from different sources, putting pressure on Syriza’s plans. 

2. #JOBS: Up to 150 jobs are to be created in two companies in Louth and Galway over the next three years.

3. #EAST COAST: Wow Air is to start a transatlantic service from Dublin to the US for as little as €149 with flights via Iceland.

4. #PATRICK LYTTLE: The Irish tourist in Australia who was put into a coma after allegedly being punched by his brother has walked out of hospital.

5. #RAID: Cannabis plants valued at €240,000 have been found and seized by gardaí at rural Offaly house.

6. PETITION: A 2,200 page petition on behalf of sick children headed by an 18-month-old boy with Down syndrome will be delivered to Leinster House today.

7. #TEN GRAND JOB: A mysterious anonymous donor is offering to fix the light on top of Dublin’s Spire.

8. SHORTFALL: Religious orders have blamed the collapse of the property market for shortfalls in paying into redress schemes, according to The Irish Times.

9. #CHOPPER WHOPPER: US news anchor Brian Williams has been forced to retract a story he’s been telling for a decade about being on board a helicopter that was shot down in Iraq. (The Guardian)