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

1. #TURKEY: A massive manhunt is underway in Turkey for a gunman who killed 39 people in a rampage at an upmarket nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating the new year.

2. #FIRE: A woman in her 80s died in a house fire in Cabra West in Dublin early this morning.

3. #IRISH WATER: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said water charges won’t bring down the government.

4. #COLOGNE: Police in the German city of Cologne said a heavy security presence on New Year’s Eve prevented a repeat of last year’s mass sexual assaults, while denying accusations of racial profiling.

5. #FGM: Despite female genital mutilation being outlawed in Ireland in 2012, and almost 4,000 girls having become victims of it, there have been no convictions under the legislation, TheJournal.ie has confirmed.

6. #TRUMP: Here’s what to expect from the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s administration in the US.

7. #CORK: Cork University Hospital has asked the public to avoid its Emergency Department, if possible, following a huge spike in demand.

8. #CIRCUSES: John Carmody of animal welfare group Aran told us there was “fantastic progress” in the campaign to stop the use of animals in circuses in Ireland in 2016, but animals “continue to suffer”.

9. #WEATHER: The cold winter spell isn’t going to last for long.