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

1. #BUMPY: The sale of Aer Lingus to IAG could be scuppered by strong opposition within the government. The Irish Independent reports that the proposal has been met with “extraordinary” levels of resistance.

2. #THE GREEKS: Irish MEP Brian Hayes says he does not believe that Greece should or will get a debt writedown in negotiations with the Troika. Hayes told TheJournal.ie that the Greeks have “a very unhealthy relationship with paying tax”.

3. #DRINK UP?: A new study from UCC, published in the BMJ Open medical journal today, says that 66.4% of students are reporting hazardous alcohol consumption.

4. #WEATHER: It’s really cold. And will be even colder over the weekend. Brrrr.

5. #GUILTY: A retired Garda accused of moving rocks at a protected monument in Wicklow has been found guilty. Tony Hand may have disturbed human remains in moving the rocks at Blessington, a court was told.

6. #PUTIN THE FOOT DOWN: The EU has agreed to expand its sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s warring parties announced fresh truce talks.

7. #THE DRUG DOES WORK: The hotly-debated Tamiflu drug does work, according to the latest studies.

8. #CURRYING FAVOUR: A DHL customer flew their favourite curry from Europe to East Africa every week last year. That’s just one of the weird and wonderful things the company moved in 2014.

9. #RIGHT2WATER: The next mass day of action on water charges will be 25 April, Joe Higgins has said.