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

1. #JOB FAIRY: Online retailer Amazon is to hire an additional 500 people at its Dublin base over the next two years.

2. #MEXICO: Mexican footballer Alan Pulido, a striker on Greece’s Olympiakos team, has been rescued after being kidnapped yesterday.

3. #COURTS: Dave Mahon is due to be sentenced for the manslaughter of his stepson today. The 45-year-old Dubliner was found guilty of killing Dean Fitzpatrick – the older brother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick – earlier this month.

4. #GANGLAND: A number of newspapers are reporting that innocent relatives and friends of the Kinahan and Hutch families are “living in fear” that they will be the next victims of the ongoing feud.

5. #NOT FOR ME: Paschal Donohoe has told the Irish Independent he doesn’t want to be Fine Gael leader after Enda Kenny, lining up a future three-way race between Leo Varadkar, Frances Fitzgerald and Simon Coveney.

6. #IRAQ: Iraqi forces have entered Fallujah in an attempt to win back one of Islamic State’s key cities, according to Sky News.

7. #EXERGYN: A Dublin company could wipe out a chunk of the world’s emissions with one engine.

8. #AUSTRALIA: A 46-year-old woman is feared dead after she was attacked by a crocodile on an Australian beach.

9. #THE BOSS: Bruce Springsteen performed a surprise duet with Bono at his Croke Park concert last night.

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