EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.
1. #COUNT ON ME: No, the election still isn’t over. Counting is still going on.
2. #CABINET: The cabinet, including ministers who lost their Dáil seats, will meet today.
3. #LEADERSHIP QUESTION: More people want Micheál Martin than Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. But neither is the most popular option.
4. #AD CAMPAIGN: The advertising code in Ireland changes today – affecting how bookies, e-cigarettes and kids meals can be advertised.
5. #SHOOTING: An investigation is ongoing after the shooting dead of the brother of well-known dissident republican Alan Ryan.
6. #CASH PILE: Today’s Irish Daily Mail reports that Labour’s Eamon Gilmore, Ruairi Quinn and Pat Rabbitte will walk away from the Dáil with €450,000 in cash and pensions of €79,000 a year.
7. #RARE DISEASES: Calls have been made for more support for people across Ireland suffering from rare diseases.
8. #WEATHER: It’s rotten out and not getting better.
9. #RIP: Actor George Kennedy, who won an Oscar for his work in Cool Hand Luke, has died.
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