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EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.iebrings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #PARIS ACCORD: China has made a historic commitment to fighting global warming with the United States expected to follow suit later today.

2. #CASTLERAHAN: The funeral of the Hawe family, killed in a suspected murder-suicide, is to take place in Cavan later today.

3. #BACK IN HIS BOX: Sports Minister Ross has said that Pat Hickey “ate me for breakfast” at their infamous meeting in Rio before Hickey’s arrest.

4. #RENUA NUA: John Leahy will be ratified as the new leader of Renua Ireland at the party’s AGM in Dublin today.

5. #BOIL WATER: A boil water notice has been issued affecting nearly 50,000 people in Co Mayo . (RTÉ)

6. #INNER CITY: Gardaí are continuing to question a 32-year-old man after a shooting in Dublin’s north inner-city last evening.

7. #DOWN UNDER: With drug injection centres coming to Dublin, health officials in Sydney say that the initiative has led to a 80% reduction in ambulance calls.

8. #DON’T LOOK DOWN: The world’s longest glass bridge, over a scenic canyon in China, has been closed less than two weeks after it opened. (The Guardian)

9. #DANCING AT THE CROSSROADS: Ahead of tomorrow’s All Ireland Hurling Final, here’s the story of Wexford’s famous final song.

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