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

1. #SHOOTING: Gardaí are investigating two separate shootings in Dublin last night.

2. #ZIMBABWE: Crowds are gathering in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare ahead of the suspected fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.

3. #DEFECTS: Irish mothers have spoken out about taking an epilepsy drug and how they were not told it could harm their babies.

4. #HOMELESSNESS: A new poll shows that over 70% of Irish people don’t think the government is tackling the homelessness crisis.

5. #CLARE: A Clare company that was devastated by a cyber attack four years ago said it will be cutting staff in Ireland after posting multi-million euro losses.

6. #SINN FÉIN: The second day of the Sinn Féin Ard Fhéis will get underway today. Yesterday, members voted to allow the party to enter government as a junior partner after the next election.

7. #WORKPLACE: Ahead of a national conference highlighting the tragedy of farming accidents, farmers have spoken out about the devastating effect they can have on families.

8. #BREXIT: An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that Ireland wanted any prospect of a hard border “off the table” before phase two of Brexit talks should commence.

9. #CANNABIS: A licence for medicinal cannabis has been granted for the first time, the Irish Examiner reports.