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

1. #A SORT OF HOMECOMING: Subtle Trump references and a spectacular fly-by were the order of the day as U2 brought their Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour to Croke Park last night.

2. #ON THE RISE: A new Sunday Independent opinion poll has found that the Government is enjoying its highest approval ratings since the heady days of 2011.

3. #WATER ISSUES: Much of the north-east of the country is facing into water rationing for at least the rest of today as Irish Water struggles to repair an important burst main in Co Meath.

4. #NAMING AND SHAMING: TheJournal.ie takes a look at how the naming and shaming of drink drivers, which will come into law later this year, is going to work, and how the practice is employed in other countries.

5. #THE WEST BANK: Two more Palestinians have died, and ‘urgent’ UN meetings are set to take place, as conflict in Jerusalem continued to escalate.

6. #SHANNON: Security staff at the southern airport are due pay rises due to the facility’s ‘unique situation’.

7. #POPULARITY CONTEST: Ireland’s most popular tourist counties and attractions have been revealed.

8. #POVERTY: A single mother has described the week-to-week struggle of being a single parent in Ireland.

9. #MEDIOCRE?: Why is everything in Ireland so mediocre in terms of infrastructure?