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

1. #TRUMP: Donald Trump has banned refugees, including those from war-ravaged Syria, from entering the US in bid to target “radical Islamic terrorists”.

2. #RIP: John Hurt, star of The Elephant Man, Alien and Harry Potter, has died at the age of 77.

3. #HOMELESSNESS: We talked to Housing First, a team taking chronic rough sleepers off the streets of Dublin and giving them their own home.

4. #HALAWA: Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan says the Irish government is doing “everything it possibly can” to get Ibrahim Halawa released from jail in Egypt and returned to Ireland.

5. #GANGLAND: The Irish Independent reports the Kinahan crime cartel is offering a €1 million bounty if Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is captured alive.

6. #SUPERMARKETS: We take a look at why people object to Lidl and Aldi in their towns.

7. #UNDOCUMENTED: An immigration lawyer has warned undocumented Irish people in the US to “remain silent or you’ll be gone very quickly” now Donald Trump is in power.

8. #WHISTLEBLOWERS: The Policing Authority says its new code of ethics for An Garda Síochána will encourage speaking up as “harassment of whistleblowers continues“.

9. #NEW YEAR: Looking to celebrate the Chinese New Year? Here’s what’s happening in Dublin in the coming weeks.