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

1. #BUSKERS: An investigation by a Dublin bar into an alleged racist incident has found that “no discrimination occurred”.

2. #TRUMP: The US president-elect has claimed that “millions” voted illegally in the presidential elections for Hillary Clinton.

3. #LONGING: Newly released foreign policy documents show that former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke of his “longing” for a united Ireland.

4. #BIRMINGHAM: The preliminary hearing of a new inquest is set to kick off today into the 1974 IRA bombings in Birmingham, RTÉ reports.

5. #SHOOTING: One person was killed and nine injured in a New Orleans shooting early on Sunday morning.

6. #FINES: Nearly €36 million in fines imposed by the Irish courts service have gone unpaid in the last four years, newly released figures show.

7. #HOMELESS IRELAND: As part of our homeless Ireland series we spoke to a family forced to live in a hotel in Cork and looked at what was being done to address the situation.

8. #ATTACK: A woman is in a critical condition after being burned, stabbed, and beaten in a vicious attack at her home in Limerick late Saturday night.

9. #CASTRO: President Michael D Higgins is due to sign a book of condolences for former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro this morning.