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

1. #GREECE: Arguably Europe’s most significant election of the 21st century takes place today. Syriza are the front-runners, who are they?

2. #MARRIAGE REF: A new poll has put support for the same-sex marriage referendum at 77%, but shows that some of that support is ‘soft’.

3. #RANSOM DEMANDS: Islamic State militants have threatened to execute a second Japanese hostage unless ‘their sister’ is released from jail.

4. #ADRIAN DONOHOE: The two-year anniversary of the murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe will be marked in Dundalk today.

5. #BLOOD DONATION: A lifetime ban on gay men who’ve had sex with another man is set to be lifted according to the Sunday Business Post.

6. #FAR FAR AWAY: After nine years of travelling, a Nasa probe will today begin taking its first photos of dwarf planet Pluto reports BBC News.

7. #CRIME: Almost €50 million was spent on criminal legal aid in Ireland last year.

8. #KENYA BELIEVE IT: Mayo TD Michelle Mulherin was the only deputy or Senator in Leinster House when €969 worth of calls were made to Kenya according to The Sunday Times.

9. #SUICIDE: GPs are worried they’re missing suicidal patients because they don’t have enough time to speak with them.