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

1. #MIGRATION: Croatia has closed all but one of its border crossings with Serbia following a massive influx of migrants and refugees.

2. #HARDEST WORD: The new British Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has apologised for remarks he made about honouring IRA members.

3. #CASH MONEY: Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone is charging €125 for a seat at a fundraising dinner that’s not even in her constituency. 

4. #BINGEING: More than half of Irish people who drink do so in a ‘harmful manner’ and it could be increasing their risk of cancer.

5. #WEE WEE TIME: A study that shows nearly all mammals spend the same amount of time urinating has won one of the 2015 Ig Nobel prizes at Harvard University, BBC reports.

6. #TAKE TWO?: A year on since Scotland’s independence referendum, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says promises have been broken to the Scottish people, according to the Guardian.

7. #1916: Party leaders Joan Burton and Gerry Adams have been arguing over their respective party’s rights to commemorate 1916.

8. #PORT TUNNEL: The Dublin Port Tunnel is closed because of vehicle is on fire.

9. #VULTURE: After months of preparation, Culture Night 2015 is finally upon us.