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

1. #STEPHEN WATSON: Tributes have been paid to a homeless man who died yesterday after being found unconscious on a street in Dublin city.

2. #CHANGE: After two homeless people died in less than 24 hours, pressure is mounting on the government to change their approach to the ongoing housing crisis.

3. #NÍL: Sinn Féin has rejected Arlene Foster’s proposal to reconvene the Stormont Assembly despite the deadlock over an Irish Language Act.

4. #EGMOND AAN ZEE: An Irishman has died in a Dutch seaside town with local media reporting that he drowned after going swimming yesterday.

5. #MENTAL HEALTH: The number of people on medical cards who were prescribed anti-depressants has increased by 50,000 in the space of five years.

6. #WHAT’S IN A NAME: From tomorrow onwards, the Department of Social Protection will take over some of the work carried out by another department to become the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

7. #CHILDCARE: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone told the Irish Independent that she will extend supports for creches – but warned them not to raise prices unfairly.

8. #NOTORIOUS INC: MMA fighter Conor McGregor is preparing for a trademark fight with private companies over the name ‘The Notorious’, reports the Irish Times.

9. #WELLIES AT THE READY: Over 50,000 culture lovers will descend on the small Laois town of Stradbally this weekend for the Electric Picnic festival.