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

1. #EVO-FIT: From today, gardai will be using new facial recognition software to help track down offenders.

2. #JOBS: Good news for Monaghan this morning: a new facility is to create 200 new permanent jobs and a further 200 temporary ones during construction.

3. #VATICAN: Pope Francis has said it’s okay for parents to smack their children, once their dignity is maintained.

4. #LOTTO: The winning lottery ticket for last night’s €10 million jackpot was sold in Newbridge in Co Kildare.

5. #COME HOME: The Government is considering tax incentives to encourage emigrants to return to Ireland according to The Irish Times.

6. #PEACEMAKERS: The French and German leaders have made an unexpected visit to Moscow and will meet Vladimir Putin as part of efforts to end violence in Ukraine, reports BBC News.

7. #EDUCATE TOGETHER: A Limerick school has apologised to a Muslim pupil after a copy of the French paper Charlie Hebdo was produced in his classroom.

8. #ABOUT RIGHT: House prices may be on the up and up, but they’re not overvalued and will keep rising according to a new report.

9. #ITALY: The Guardian reports that the rape trial of an Italian policeman has heard that he used a couchsurfing website to lure woman to his home.