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

1. #FLOODING: There is a risk of flooding today as heavy rainfall spreads across the country.

2. #RIVER SHANNON: One man has died in hospital after he was rescued from the River Shannon in Limerick when a boat capsized yesterday. Three other men were also rescued.

3. #GE16: According to the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll, 63% of people want a change in government.

4. #DEMOCRATIC DEBATE: US presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton went head-to-head in New Hampshire last night in their first one-on-one debate. Clinton said Sanders could never achieve his ambitious and costly proposals, while he suggested Clinton’s loyalties were coloured by a reliance on big corporate donors.

5. #ASSANGE: A UN panel has said that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been “arbitrarily detained” at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The British government says it “contests and rejects” the findings.

6. #DAMAGES: A Chinese hairdresser, who suffered whiplash injuries when the back of her car was “tipped” by another woman who was parking behind her, has been awarded €16,000 in damages at the Circuit Civil Court.

7. #FIREARMS: Over the last three years, hundreds of gun licences have been revoked in Ireland.

8. #UCD: The university is investigating claims that a group of male students are sharing intimate images and information about female students online, according to the Irish Independent.

9. #SMUGGLING: The Financial Times is reporting that cargo ships bound for Europe are taking “inexplicable” routes to Europe via Syria, Libya and Lebanon, sparking concerns they may be smuggling people and weapons.