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

1. #BLOWING THE WHISTLE A Garda whistleblower who submitted a protected disclosure about alleged serious malpractice within one garda station is still waiting for her case to be addressed two-and-a-half years later after submitting a litany of allegations against senior officers, The Journal.ie revealed this morning.

2. #COURT ORDER A US judge has ordered that migrant families separated at the border with Mexico under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy be reunited within 30 days.

3. #RENT HIKE NUI Galway Students Union has filed a case against student accommodation provider Cúirt na Coiribe over an 18% rise in its rates for the upcoming academic year.

4. #SADDLEWORTH MOOR A  huge moorland fire has forced dozens of residents to flee their homes in Greater Manchester, Sky News reports.

5. #RESCUE Heavy rains are hampering the rescue effort for 12 children and their football coach who have been trapped for days in a cave in Thailand.

6. #ZIMBABWE The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life, the BBC reports. He did not accuse Grace Mugabe of being involved.

7. #HAYABUSA A Japanese space probe has arrived at an asteroid 300 million kilometres from Earth after a three-and-a-half year journey on a mission to seek the origins of life, Fox News reports.

8. #PITCH IMPERFECT Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson was ordered to return almost $4.2 million Australian dollars (€2.6 million) with interest to an Australian publisher after a defamation payout was slashed on appeal.

9. #HEARING WAS A FRIEND OF MINE Finally, The Killers played Dublin last night – and basically everyone in the city could hear them.