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

1. #WEATHER: Motorists have been warned to take extreme care as four weather warnings are currently in place.

2. #SHOOTING: A man in his 40s was shot in his leg in Ballymun, Dublin last night.

3. #UNITED IRELAND: Almost half of people want a united Ireland, according to a new opinion poll.

4. #BREXIT: Writing in the Sunday Independent, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Ireland’s relationship with the UK is “strained” amid ongoing Brexit negotiations but insists the nations “will be close again”.

5. #JERUSALEM: Arab foreign ministers have called on the United States to rescind its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and for the international community to recognise a Palestinian state.

6. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: The Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment is likely to recommend that abortion be made available in Ireland without restrictions up to 12 weeks of pregnancy, the Sunday Times reports.

7. #SETANTA: There are more than 1,500 active claims outstanding following the collapse of Setanta Insurance, with former policyholders worried they’re “personally on the hook“.

8. #TECH: The European Union has said the Irish operations of multinational tech giants Facebook and Google should be targeted by enchanted tax rules, according to the Sunday Business Post.

9. #PAPAL VISIT: Government officials are set to meet to get plans underway for Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland next year.