EVERY DAY TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you should know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #SYRIA: The UN Security Council voted unanimously to back a deal proposed by Russia and the US ordering Syria to destroy its chemical weapons. International experts are expected to start work next week.
2. #PROPERTY TAX: Setting up and running the local property tax has so far cost over €21 million according to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
3. #GREECE: The leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has been arrested by Greek police as part of a crackdown launched after the murder of a leftist musician – AFP.
4. #EMIGRATION: The Convention on the the Constitution will today debate extending the vote in Presidential elections to Irish citizens resident outside the State.
5. #SEXTORTION: A US court has heard that an Irish teenage girl was allegedly blackmailed into stripping on Skype by a 19-year-old US man who has been charged with hacking into the webcams of several women.
6. #REGRETS: Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that there were a number of mistakes made by his party during its time in office during the economic boom.
7. #ABORTION: Pro-choice campaigners will march in Dublin today calling for a referendum.
8. #TAKE 2: Cork and Clare face-off in the All-Ireland Hurling Final replay today after a last-second point secured another shot for the Bannermen a fortnight ago. Check out our big match preview.
9. #TRANSISTRIA: Situated between Ukraine and Moldova, Transnistria is not officially recognised as a country even though it has its own army and parliament. Read all about it.
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