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

1. #COALITION: Fine Gael’s internal polls show it losing 23 seats in the election, The Irish Daily Mail reports.

2. #THE RACE IS ON: Donald Trump won big in the South Carolina Republican primary and Jeb Bush bowed out, while Hillary Clinton saw success in Nevada.

3. #MICHIGAN: Six people have been killed and three were injured when a man went on a shooting spree.

4. #WHO’S THE BOSS: Nearly half of people think Leo Varadkar would be a better leader of Fine Gael than Enda Kenny.

5. #KEEP THE RECOVERY GOING: A number of vulture funds are planning hundreds of business foreclosures and property receiverships after the election, according to The Sunday Business Post.

6. #DANGER: An internal military report has warned a shortage of resources in Ireland’s bomb disposal squad is putting the lives of soldiers at risk, The Sunday Times reports.

7. #POSTER WARS: Election candidates in Tipperary have spoken of “dirty tricks” after a number of posters were removed around Clonmel.

8. #EGYPT: A novelist has been given a two-year prison sentence for his sexually explicit writing.

9. #MEMORABILLIA: A lock of John Lennon’s hair sold at auction for $35,000, CNN reports.