EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #JAB AND DODGE: Just one third of hospital nurses have had the flu jab despite campaigns launched by the HSE.
2. #WASTERS: Ireland’s increasing levels of plastic waste are about to hit emergency levels – and we’ve nowhere to send it.
3. #MIDDLE EAST: Simon Coveney is to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time since he criticised the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as its capital.
4. #CHARLETON: The Disclosures Tribunal was back yesterday – and it was a very important session.
5. #NO ROOM: Fine Gael councillor Paddy Smyth argues that there’s not enough space for private cars, taxis, buses, cyclists and trams in Dublin city.
6. #WHO? ME?: Special counsel Robert Mueller has expressed interest in speaking with Donald Trump as part of a probe into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
7. #COOLING TENSIONS: North and South Korea had their first official talks in more than two years.
8. #STILL BALTIC: It’s been a fierce cold start to the year and it’s going to stay that way up until the end of the week.
9. #RELEASED: A second man arrested in relation with the murder of IRA double agent Denis Donaldson has been released without charge.
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