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

1. #FIRE: Hundreds of people have been air-lifted to safety from the burning Italian ferry.

2. #MISSING: The search is continuing for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, a day after it went missing with 162 people on board.

3. #CORK: A Garda investigation is under way following the death of a man and woman in Cork yesterday.

4. #ICE COLD: Temperatures reached -7 Celcius in some parts of Ireland overnight, so road users are being urged to be extra careful this morning.

5. #NOT YET: Both Enda Kenny and Joan Burton say they can’t abolish the USC charge just yet.

6. #CUTS: The Irish Times reports that cuts to the State pension might be considered.

7. #DONEGAL: A 39-year-old man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a pole in Donegal last night.

8. #RESCUE: A woman in her 20s was rescued after becoming “lost and disoriented” on Bray Head yesterday evening.

9. #LIMERICK: A woman in her 60s has been rescued from a house fire by her neighbour overnight.