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

1. #TALKS: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are due to meet again today in a bid to break the current deadlock.

2. #GUESS WHO’S BACK: Conor McGregor says he is set to fight at UFC 200 after a dramatic comeback announcement this morning.

3. #BREAKDOWN: Over €1.2 million was spent deploying gardaí at Shannon Airport last year, while a further €180,000 was spent on the Defence Forces.

4. #FRONTLINE: Rank and file gardaí are asking whether it is feasible for them to continue unarmed.

5. #PROVISION FOR CHILDREN: Laws that allow for parents’ wills to be rewritten are under review.

6. #STRIKE: Talks between Luas drivers and management will resume today to try to resolve their long-running pay dispute with the next strike planned for Thursday.

7. #FLOOD: Galway and Cork have made the most claims for humanitarian assistance funding following flood damage.

8. #MISSING: Police in Northern Ireland say a missing Derry woman and her daughter might be in Dublin.

9. #CENSUS: Enumerators will begin collecting census forms from every household in the country today.