EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #CRASH: A motorcyclist has died following a single-vehicle collision in Co Tipperary. 

2. #VACCINE: A Covid-19 vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Janssen – owned by Johnson and Johnson – is expected to be approved next week. Here’s everything you need to know.

3. #CERVICALCHECK: A radiation oncologist has said that there is “more heightened anxiety” about proven cervical-cancer treatments since the CervicalCheck controversy broke in 2018.

4. #PROTEST: A number of arrests were made yesterday as a protest rally calling for an end to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions took place in Cork City.

5. #COVID: A further 539 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland.

6. #SHOOTING: A man and a woman have been seriously injured following a shooting incident in Dublin.

7. #BREXIT: The British government’s chief Brexit negotiator has called on Brussels to “shake off any remaining ill will” towards the UK for leaving the bloc.

8. #ALLEGATIONS: Gardaí investigating allegations of indecent assault during the 1970s and 1980s arrested a man in his late 70s yesterday. He has since been released without charge. 

9. #CHARGED: A Co Derry man has been remanded in custody accused of murdering a 21-year-old woman, RTÉ has reported.