EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #IMMINENT THREAT: Belgium has raised its terror alert to the highest level in the capital Brussels, with the OCAM national crisis centre warning of an “imminent threat” a week after the Paris attacks.
2. #NO SURVIVORS: Six tourists and their pilot have been killed in a New Zealand helicopter crash.
3. #STARVING: One defector has said that many of the Syrians who join the so-called Islamic State do so because they are desperate for money.
4. #GET IN THE QUEUE: There are over 10,000 people on waiting lists for a procedure at Beaumont Hospital according to new figures.
5. #ROAD SAFETY: A Renua TD is proposing that some drivers get cash rewards of as much as €30 if they are recorded driving under the speed limit.
6. #END OF THE LINE: Tony O’Reilly has been declared bankrupt in the Bahamas.
7. #UNSPOILT VIEWS: The battle over the controversial sea wall along the coast road looking out over Dublin Bay in north Dublin has taken a fresh twist.
8. #MIGRATION: Yellowstone National Park is proposing to kill around 1,000 wild bison this winter.
9. #CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: This disused John Player factory is going to be transformed into Dublin’s Christmas flea market.
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