LAST UPDATE | 11 Jul 2018

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #FULLY-LOADED: A loaded submachine gun belonging to a member of An Garda Siochána was found in Dublin city centre and handed in yesterday.

2. #CAVE RESCUE: After the dramatic rescue of the 12 boys from a flooded Thai cave, thoughts have now turned to their psychological state.

3. #ROYAL VISIT: Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are continuing their two-day trip to Ireland and will today meet President Michael D Higgins.

4. #THE TWELFTH: Police in Northern Ireland believe at least six shots were fired at PSNI officers in Derry last night ahead of 12 July celebrations.

4. #BREXIT: The UK and EU have spent a little over one hour discussing what the future of security between the two will be post-Brexit.

5. #PAYOUT: A woman has been awarded €32,200 after being deemed to have been unfairly dismissed by her employer – her own family’s jewellery company.

6. #SHOWDOWN: US President Donald Trump has touched down in Brussels for a tw0-day Nato summit in which he is expected to harangue European allies about their defence spending.

7. #JAPAN: The death toll from record flooding in Japan has risen to 179 as thousands remain in shelters. (The Guardian)

8. #IT’S COMING: The English football teams takes on Croatia tonight in the second World Cup semi-final, but what do Irish pubgoers make of it all?