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

1. #FLOODS: Met Éireann have issued weather warnings and heavy rainfall overnight means that more flooding is on its way. 

2. #PARIS: A draft of the document aimed at stopping further damage from climate change around the world has been agreed. 

3. #EXPENSES: A group of TDs have paid back almost €5,000 to the Oireachtas after some expenditure was deemed ineligible, the Irish Times is reporting today.

4. #CANCELLED: Patients due to have surgeries early next week have had them cancelled due to the nurses’ strike, the Irish Independent is reporting.

5. #CONDEMED: The Bar of Ireland has criticised the attack on a judge yesterday in Dolphin House in Temple Bar.

6. #SAUDI ARABIA: Women in Saudi Arabia are allowed to vote for the first time today. 

7. #VICIOUS: A man who head-butted and bit a shop employee during an unprovoked racist attack in Dublin has avoided a jail sentence after paying a €3,000 fine. 

8. #PAT KENNY: The broadcaster has told TheJournal.ie about the difficulties he faced while reporting on abortion in the United Kingdom. 

9. #HATE MAP: A new map supported by the National Immigration Support Centre is set to show where incidents of racism have happened around the country.