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

1. #RIP: Tributes have been paid to the veteran Kerry South politician Jackie Healy-Rae who died yesterday afternoon.

2. #PROVE IT: There has been an increase in the number of garda age cards issued in 2013, as young people switch to buying their alcohol in supermarkets.

3. #HOMELESS: The Irish Examiner reports that two homeless men have died in Cork city, with calls for measures to tackle Dublin’s homeless crisis to be rolled out nation-wide.

4. #GIRL POWER: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has drawn up a list of female candidates to be fast-tracked as candidates in the next election, reports The Irish Independent.

5. #POLICE: A grand jury is to consider the latest police shooting of an unarmed man in New York. Protesters were on the street for the third consecutive night rallying against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner.

6. #TAPPING: The Irish Times reports that Ireland signed legislation that allows foreign law enforcement agencies to tap Irish phone calls and intercept emails.

7. #SPECIAL DELIVERY: Custom officers are targeting An Post depots in the run up to Christmas on the look out for drugs hidden in festive gift packages.

8. #CHANGES: Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy told TheJournal.ie that he got “really pissed off” with the government last year.

9. #BBURRRR: Heading out and about this weekend? Well, it’s going to get bitterly cold.