
EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #MURDER: A 23-year-old man has been killed in a shooting in north Dublin overnight.
2. #ESCALATION: Catalonians are waking up this morning under the direct control of Madrid after the Spanish prime minister dissolved the Catalan parliament.
3. #JOB LOSSES: Bank of Ireland plans to cut 1,000 jobs as it comes to the end of a massive overhaul of its technology systems, sources have told The Irish Times.
4. #SUPPORT: The Irish Examiner reports the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s helpline has been “swamped” with calls since the sentencing of sex offender Tom Humphries.
5. #CRISIS: A Dublin hotelier received up to €8 million in payments to accommodate the homeless in the capital last year.
6. #CHILD PROTECTION: Gardaí have asked schools to send in images of their uniforms so they can create a database that will help them to track down victims of sex abuse, the Irish Independent reports.
7. #NORTHERN IRELAND: Talks between Sinn Féin and the DUP aimed at resolving a row, which has left the country without a power-sharing government have been adjourned until Monday, RTÉ reports.
8. #MISCONCEPTION: A new US study has found almost half of people with food allergies develop them in adulthood.
9. #SYRIA: A video report from the BBC on the Syrian conflict shows children starving near Damascas.
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