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

1. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: A graphic pro-life “education project” is set to take place in Dublin today.

2. #DEFENCE FORCES: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that transgender people will never be banned from serving in the Irish Defence Forces.

3. #AHOY PILGRIMS: A total of 25,000 people are expected to take part in the pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick this weekend for Reek Sunday.

4. #RIP: Tributes have poured in for 11-month-old Charlie Gard who, after a long legal battle from his parents to bring him abroad for treatment, died yesterday.

5. #STRADBALLY: The well-known Electric Picnic landmark of Granny’s House has been stolen just over a month before the festival.

6. #MADONNA HOUSE: A councillor who was an unwitting participant on vaccines trials at a State-run institution in the 1970s is attempting to win support for a full inquiry.

7. #MY CHOICE: Ousted Chief of Staff Reince Priebus has said that he wasn’t pushed out of his White House role and formally offered his own resignation.

8. #SMOKEY PAWS: UK firefighters are using mini oxygen masks specially designed for pets.

9. #THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE: A “mystery” signal from space has been solved. Spoilers: It’s not aliens.