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

1. #KAREN’S STORY The Eastern Health Board knew a girl was being sexually abused in her home but didn’t tell gardaí, we reveal in our exclusive story today.

2. #COURT A teacher who raped a seven-year-old student in Offaly is appealing his sentence because a juror was “smiling”. The victim, who is now 25, said the pain was “unbelievable”.

3. #BUGGED Wikileaks is claiming that the NSA spied on world leaders like the UN’s Ban Ki-Moon and Angela Merkel “for US geopolitical interests”. It published highly classified documents that appear to show the NSA bugged meetings.

4. #RAPIST Dublin man Trevor Lawlor has been jailed for life after raping two women in North Manchester. He was on the run from a robbery case here in Ireland when the incidents occurred.

5. #CALAIS A French court will examine today whether it is legal for authorities to evict hundreds of migrants from the ‘Jungle’ camp. The local government has set a deadline of 7pm tonight for people in the southern half of the camp to leave before demolition starts.

6. #FIJI The death toll from the super-cyclone Winston has risen to 29, with officials warning that recovery could take months. Desperately-needed medicine, food and water have been arriving from Australia and New Zealand.

7. #NOT PHELAN IT Junior Minister Ann Phelan walked out of a radio debate last night, saying she is “fed up” of opponents, and branding the programme “an absolute disgrace”.

8. #MISSING A British backpacker, Grace Taylor (21), has been found after being reported missing in Thailand. She had contacted her family to say that ‘people were trying to hurt her’, leading to fears for her safety.

9. #DEBATE Gearing up for the election on Friday? The final debate involving the party leaders will take place tonight on Prime Time on RTÉ at 9.35pm. Meanwhile, it’s expected the results of the final opinion poll before the election will be made public at 10am.