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

1. #GANGLAND: Investigations have been launched after two men were shot dead within hours of each other in Dublin last night.

2. #DAY 60: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are still talking but it’s not looking good.

3. #CANCER: A report has found that public patients are waiting up to 25 times longer for tests to diagnose cancer than those paying for private healthcare.

4. #FINGLAS: Gardaí are appealing for information over a shooting in north Dublin which saw a child’s car seat hit while a four-year-old boy slept in it.

5. #COURT: A Tipperary resident has been jailed for seven years for raping and sexually assaulting a woman after forcing himself into her bedroom.

6. #GUNS: The question of whether rank-and-file gardaí should be armed is being debated at the annual conference of the Garda Representative Association this week.

7. #BATTLE: Today could signal the end of Bernie Sanders US presidential campaign as republicans and democrats in five states head to the polls.

8. #TAMIR RICE: The family of a black boy shot dead while playing with a pellet gun have been told they should use the €5.3 million settlement to educate children about the dangers of handling real and replica firearms.

9. #NUCLEAR DISASTER: Today marks 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl.