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

1. #SIT DOWN: Ireland’s Conor McGregor knocked-out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to become the undisputed UFC featherweight world champion.

2. #IN A PEAR TREE: A new opinion poll shows the government will go into Christmas with a combined support of nearly 40%.

3. #SAUDI ARABIA: A woman has won a seat in the country’s council election in the first time that women have been able to vote and run.

4. #NATIONAL FRONT: After making significant gains, France’s far right party will seek to consolidate them in another regional election today, reports BBC News.

5. #BALLYHEA: The Cork town that has been at the centre of opposition to the bailout will hold its 250th ‘Ballyhea Says No’ march today.

6. #END OF DAYS: A Renua candidate has stepped down from the party after calling the Vatican ‘the antichrist’ according to The Sunday Times.

7. #BEHIND BARS: Irishman Ibrahim Halawa is spending his 20th birthday in an Egyptian prison today after over two years in jail. 

8. CRUZ CONTROL: After a week of controversy, Donald Trump has fallen 10 points behind Ted Cruz in a poll of Republican voters in Iowa reports the New York Times.

9. #THE VIEW FROM ABOVE: A new book contains a collection of rare images of Dublin taken from the edge of an aircraft door has been released.