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

1. #JOBSTOWN: A number of individuals involved in the Jobstown water protest involving Joan Burton have been served with court summonses.

2. #CRASH: Two men have died an another man is critical after a car hit a wall and started a fire at an oil tank in Rostrevor, Co Down.

3. #LEAGUE TABLE: TCD, UCD and UCC have continued to lose ground in the latest university rankings released today.

4. #HIGH RISE: A planning application has been lodged for a new office block in Dublin’s Docklands that would be the tallest office building in the capital.

5. #COLLISION: A 24-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car in Co. Kerry early this morning.

6. NUCLEAR NATION: North Korea has said that its main nuclear facility, Yongbyon complex, is now in “full operation”, reports BBC News.

7. #HOMELESSNESS: Four Dublin councils have launched a number of prefabricated homes they think could help tackle homelessness.

8. #RACISM: A Saudi Arabian woman has spoken of her shock after she was assaulted in a racially motivated attack in Dublin last week.

9. #MIGRANT CRISIS: EU leaders have failed to agree on a system of quotas for the sharing of refugees across Europe.