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

1. #BERKELEY TRAGEDY: The families of the Berkeley balcony collapse victims have expressed their disappointment at the decision not to bring criminal charges in the case.

2. #PEOPLE POWER: A close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi has become Myanmar’s first elected civilian president in over half a decade.

3. #STALEMATE: Coalition talks will continue this morning as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil separately seek to reach agreement with smaller parties and independents.

4. #US ELECTION: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has defended his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, after he was charged with assaulting a reporter.

5. #CYPRUS: A passenger who was held hostage on an EgyptAir flight yesterday posed for a photo with the hijacker, it has emerged.

6. #MICROCHIPPING: New laws coming into force next week will require all dog owners to microchip and register their animals.

7. #BRITTAS BAY: A centuries-old dolmen in Co Wicklow has been badly damaged during land clearance works.

8. #ALLEGATIONS: Elton John has strongly denied claims made by a former bodyguard who said he was sexually harassed by the singer.

9. #COLLISION: A garda in Waterford was injured last night after a car rammed into the patrol car he was in.