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

1. #ELECTION: It’s day four of crunch talks between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael aimed at averting a general election over the handling of Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe’s case.

2. #YEMEN: The first shipment of food aid in three weeks arrived at a rebel controlled port in the country, which is facing a famine.

3. #CHRISTMAS BONUS: The bonus will be paid this week to close to 1.2 million social welfare recipients.

4. #BALI: Close to 100,000 people have been told to evacuate from the danger zone around an active volcano in the Indonesian island (RTÉ)

5. #POPE: The Pope has arrived for a sensitive visit to Myanmar, making him the first Pope to ever travel to the country.

6. #WEATHER: Met Éireann says that today will be a bright, blustery and showery day. Top temperatures of six to nine degrees and with some local hail and thunder showers.

7. #JUSTICE: As the issues around Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald and Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe mount, one idea being floated is that a significant reform of the Justice Department and an apology from Fitzgerald may resolve the issue (Irish Examiner).

8. #WARRANT: A new report shows that 46 people were extradited to Ireland last year to face justice under the European Arrest Warrant scheme.

9. #LIMITS: Gardaí will begin to crack down on people breaking the speed in Dublin areas with 30 km/h limits, reports the Irish Times.