Shutterstock / Cio Shutterstock / Cio / Cio

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

1. #MUNICH: A gunman who killed nine people in the German city yesterday evening before shooting himself has been identified as an 18-year-old German-Iranian who ‘likely acted alone’.

2. #TIM KAINE: Hillary Clinton has picked the Virginia senator to be her running mate for the US presidency.

3. #IRON PRICE: Two men have gone to court over the ownership and usage of a replica Iron Throne from the TV series Game of Thrones.

4. #APPEAL: Friends of a man who collapsed during a Dublin half-marathon have appealed for help in paying his medical bills.

5. #LIMERICK: An accountant who spent €50,000 in embezzled funds on a piano, gardening, and home repairs, has escaped a jail sentence.

6. #DISCRIMINATION: A new report from the Inspector of Prisons has criticised the treatment of older or sick inmates at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.

7. #IT’S MY DECISION: A 22-year-old swimmer, who is to represent Ireland at the Olympics having switched his allegiance from the US, is remaining defiant in the face of criticism of his decision.

8. #NOT HAPPY: Some barristers have expressed their dissatisfaction at former High Court judge Barry White being allowed to return to work at the bar, according to a report in the Irish Times.

9. #WHALES: At least three dead minke whales have been spotted off the Kerry coast in recent months, and no one seems to know why.

Comments are disabled as one of the stories above concerns an ongoing legal matter