LAST UPDATE | 27 Oct 2020

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

1. #KANTURK: Post-mortems are due to take place today after a father and his two adult sons were found dead in Cork.

2. #US ELEX 2020: US President Donald Trump hailed a “momentous day” as Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in to the US Supreme Court.

3. #STORMONT: Here’s how Northern Ireland’s two leaders are facing defiance and disappointment in recent weeks.

4. #ASTRAZENECA: Trials of Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine showed a “strong immune response” in adults, researchers have said.

5. #2019 REPORT: Birth numbers continued to decrease in 2019 as deaths increased slightly. 

6. #REMINDER: Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan has said that too many people with symptoms or waiting for test results are not self isolating, after a further 939 cases were confirmed in Ireland last night. 

7. #AIR POLLUTION: Thousands of Covid-19 deaths could be linked to air pollution according to a new study. 

8. #AUSTRALIA: Virus-beating Melbourne readies for re-opening party after two days with no new cases.

9. #WEATHER: Bring a brolly out with you this week – it’s going to be wet and windy.