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

1. #BREXIT: What’s the difference between a ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Brexit and what it all means for Ireland.

2. #GARDAÍ: Rank-and-file officers have refused to hand over details of bank and Credit Union accounts held by their social clubs to management.

3. #THREATS: Convicted killer who threatened to burn down the home of a charity worker was spared jail yesterday.

4. #TV AND BOOZE: Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr Bobby Smyth, argues that Ireland’s children are being bombarded with alcohol advertising from a young age.

5. #PECKISH: The CIA revealed it had been compromised by a vending machine snack thief who stole over €3,000 worth of junk food from its facilities.

6. #NORTH KOREA: The dictatorship tested a rocket engine that could potentially be fitted to an intercontinental ballistic missile, it was claimed.

7. #WEATHER: The summer is over….well, not really but there’s going to be rain and lower temperatures this weekend.

8. #AIB: The Government has sold off a 25% share of AIB for €3 billion.

9. #ARREST: Gardaí detained a man after an armed standoff in Finglas last night.