EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you start your day.
1. #PEOPLE SMUGGLING: Three men at the centre of the Dublin Airport human trafficking case are to appear in court in Dublin today.
2. #BUS ÉIREANN: The troubled semi-state is facing possible industrial action at the same time it may be facing financial oblivion.
3. #ARTICLE 50: Theresa May will find out today whether or not she has to consult Parliament before triggering Brexit.
4. #COURTS: A man is to be sentenced next month for sexually abusing his eight-year-old nephew.
5. #BORROWING: 60% of Irish people borrow to pay their household bills.
6. #BARRON TRUMP: The US president’s youngest son was the subject of a mocking tweet by a Saturday Night Live writer during the inauguration. Now, that writer has been suspended.
7. #U-47700 DEATH: “As we pretend that policing drugs deters users, we can expect more harm, more deaths,” argues Dr Garrett McGovern.
8. #RURAL PLAN: Will people return to live in rural Ireland without high-speed broadband.
9. #MOSUL: The UN has warned of ‘extreme risk’ to citizens as the battle for the Iraqi city rages on.
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