EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
1. #ADOPTION: Just two men were approved to adopt a child in Ireland since 2004, new figures show.
2. #PAYBACK: Former Environment Minister Phil Hogan has had to repay part of his Oireachtas expenses, the Sunday Times reports.
3. #LOWRY LETTER LEAKER: The Sunday Independent reports that a “witch-hunt” is under way to find the Labour TD who leaked a letter passed to the Taoiseach by Michael Lowry.
4. #WHERE’S THE BEEF?: An Irish delegation led by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney is heading to the US to sell Irish beef.
5. #SERIAL: The subject of the hugely popular Serial podcast will be allowed appeal his murder conviction, a US court has said.
6. #ATLANTA: A man shot six people – killing four – before turning the gun on himself in a suburb of Atlanta last night. It is reported he had targeted his ex-wife and children.
7. #MINIMUM WAGE: Ireland is one of four European countries not to increase the minimum wage in 2014 or 2015. Here’s how Europe looks.
8. #BRUCE JENNER: A woman was killed in a paparazzi chase involving US reality-TV celebrity and former Olympian Bruce Jenner.
9. #WEATHER: It will be cold for a change. But it’ll be less cold later.
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