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

1. #RIP: Former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has died aged 66. Tributes have poured in following the announcement this morning.

2. #WINTERS BACK: Drivers are being warned of dangerous driving conditions this morning as a snow-ice warning remains in place.

3. #RESCUE 116: Air accident investigators say that the missing Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 may have hit rocks at the Black Rock lighthouse.

4. #GANGLAND CRIME: Hutch family members are being asked for their travel plans as gardaí receive intel on a potential attack.

5. #MEDICAL CANNABIS: Mother and campaigner Vera Twomey is to hold another protest outside the Dáil saying that “nothing else will do” except new legislation in the area.

6. #ON THE RISE: There has been a surge in the amount of people reporting that they were the victims of racist abuse and threats, according to latest data.

7. #NEW MEASURES: The US is poised to ban large electronic devices such as laptops or cameras on board flights from up to a dozen Middle Eastern nations.

8. #JURASSIC PARK: Chinese police have arrested a man accused of stealing dozens of fossilised dinosaur eggs, but some eggs are apparently still unaccounted for.

9. #CREAMY GOLDEN GOODNESS: Kerrygold is banned in the state of Wisconsin but local butter lovers are fighting back.