EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.

1. #IT’S OVER: It’s the morning after the day before for Fine Gael: the party will be reflecting on what one party source described as a “dreadful campaign” after yesterday’s ‘no’ vote on the Seanad abolition referendum. The final result was 51.7% against abolition, with 48.3% in favour.

2. #IT PASSED: Amid all the attention on the Seanad, the vote to establish a Court of Appeal was approved comfortably at a margin of 2:1. Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he hoped to have it up and running by next year. What will that mean? Check out our handy ‘explainer’.

3. #US RAIDS: American forces have staged two raids targeting Islamist leaders in Africa. A militant indicted in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania was seized by commandos in Libya. The second raid, in Somalia, appears to have been less successful.

4. #BUDGET: A crucial meeting between Health Minister James Reilly and Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin was cancelled this week after officials in Howlin’s department raised issued with Reilly’s costings, the Sunday Business Post is reporting. The formal meeting is still yet to take place, according to the paper.

5. #PRIORY HALL: As the Government’s self-imposed deadline to reach a solution to the Priory Hall deadlock approaches on Wednesday, the Sunday Independent is reporting that proposals are being put to the residents this weekend. Minister Phil Hogan is expected to make an announcement on the issue tomorrow.

6. #APPOINTMENT: The Sunday Business Post reports that Enda Kenny’s sister-in-law was appointed to the board of the ESB earlier this year. Noreen O’Kelly’s appointment was ratified by Cabinet in April.

7. #SHUTDOWN: In the US, most of the 400,000 US defence department staff sent home as a result of the government shutdown have been told to return to work. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the decision had been made based on an interpretation of the ‘Pay Our Military Act’.

8. #DIASPORA: France’s Minister for French Abroad says her country can learn from Ireland’s relationship with its diaspora. Hélène Conway, who lived in Ireland for thirty years before being appointed to Cabinet, attended the Global Economic Forum to “learn from what is being done here” in terms of the nation’s relationship with its citizens living abroad.

9. #NEW SEASON: Finally, the Sunday papers are awash with coverage of the season four premiere of Love/Hate. In case you missed the billboards that have sprung up all over the country in recent weeks, you’ll be pleased to know it’s on at 9.30 tonight on RTÉ 1. Check out TheDailyEdge.ie for trailers and everything else you need to know.