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

1. #FIRED: US president Donald Trump has fired the head of the FBI James Comey.

2. #CERBERUS: A number of people are facing either evictions or rising bills after the apartment complex where they are living was sold to a foreign vulture fund.

3. #PAC: Pressure is mounting on Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan after evidence she gave to the Public Accounts Committee was contradicted by one of the force’s most senior civil servants.

4. #WARNING: A drug that is up to 10,000 times more potent than morphine may be present in heroin in Northern Ireland, health officials have warned.

5. #WEATHER: Enjoy the last of sunny weather today, thundery downpours are forecast for tomorrow.

6. #DINNER: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla are kicking off a three-day visit to the Republic of Ireland today.

7. #PHONES: A new bill which would make it illegal for retail outlets to sell a mobile phone with internet access to minors under the age of 14 is currently being drafted.

8. #MATERNITY: New mothers have been warned that they could face a delay of up to a month for the payment of maternity benefit, RTÉ reports.

9. #SHIPWRECKS: Up to 245 people are feared dead after two ships carrying migrants were wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea.