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

1. #RESCUE 116: A specialised tug boat will attempt to raise the wreckage of Rescue 116 today in an effort to locate and recover the bodies of its two missing crewmen.

2. #RENTING: Here are the most expensive and cheapest areas for renting in Ireland.

3. #RIVER SHANNON: Gardaí are treating the drowning of a couple in the River Shannon as an accident. The couple, from Ireland and England, lived in Germany and were on holiday here.

4. #BREXIT: The cost of running the Passport Office surged by almost €4.3 million last year as demand for Irish passports increased in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

5. #PRO-CHOICE: The Abortion Rights Campaign has returned a grant worth €23,000 from a US donor on advice from the Standards in Public Office Commission.

6. #ROBBERY: A man in his 20s is due to appear before Dublin District Court today, charged in relation to a cash-in-transit robbery in Dublin during the week.

7. #ADAMSTOWN: A Celtic Tiger-era development could begin the road to completion following the announcement of a new infrastructure plan.

8. #ICELAND: Former bankers jailed for their roles in the 2008 financial crisis say they were scapegoats and are taking their cases to the European Court of Human Rights.

9. #SEA MY GULL: A new feature on TheJournal.ie will help combat the scourge of seagulls.

Comments are closed as legal proceedings are ongoing.