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

1. #OLYMPIC GAMES: Three Irishmen will meet with police at a Rio de Janeiro station today to discuss the ongoing probe into the alleged illegal selling of tickets for the Olympic Games 2016.

2. #REPORT: Rents nationwide have reached their highest ever levels, while available accommodation has fallen 20% compared to last year.

3. #CRIME: ‘Spotters’ in rural Ireland are making money by spying on farmers and selling the information on to criminal gangs.

4. #ABANDONED: People squatting in a disused historical prison in Dublin’s north inner city wanted to turn it into a creative centre for the community, but could now face jail time for defying a court order telling them to leave.

5. #MONTROSE: Ryan Tubridy has said that the new season of The Late Late Show will confront “all sides of the Olympic story”.

6. #GANGLAND: Gardaí seized cocaine and a submachine gun in a raid on an apartment in Castleknock, Dublin.

7. #AND CHILL: North Korea has just gotten its own Netflix-type streaming service.

8. #FATHERS4JUSTICE: The Rose of Tralee was interrupted yesterday evening when the founder of the fathers’ rights group Fathers4Justice crashed the stage and disrupted the live broadcast.

9. #D’LIGHTFUL: Mrs Brown’s Boys has been voted the best British sitcom of the century.