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

1. #FATAL CRASH: A man in his 50s, wh0 was out walking with his daughter, has died following a fatal road collision in west Dublin. The young woman is being treated in hospital for her injuries.

2. #WARNING: The HSE has issued a public health warning to illegal drug users in the Cork area over a powerful new drug linked to the death of a 16-year-old earlier this week.

3. #MANNING: In one of his last acts as US President, Barack Obama has commuted the sentence of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who is now due to be released in May.

4. #NEXT-GEN TRAVEL: A new Dennis O’Brien-backed hotel aimed at the tech-savvy traveller is set to open in the spring of 2018.

5. #TRAFFICKING: A woman accused of trafficking a young Nigerian woman into the country and forcing her into prostitution has gone on trial in Dublin.

6. #BREXIT: Theresa May laid out her plan for a hard Brexit yesterday, and it’s been described as the “worst possible outcome for Ireland”.

7. #LAWSUIT: Just before his inauguration, Donald Trump has been hit by a defamation lawsuit from a former contestant on his reality TV show The Apprentice.

8. #COLD CASE: Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information, ten years to the day that Michael Gallagher was murdered at his home in Tallaght.

9. #FAIR DEAL: The Department of Health has committed to “priority” of statutory homecare for the elderly in the wake of the broadcast of an RTÉ documentary on the subject.