EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up – and 2017 will be no different.

1. #TURKEY: 39 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a terror attack at an Istanbul nightclub.

2. #NEW YEAR’S EVE: Here’s how countries around the world rang in the New Year.

3. #DEMOTION: From today, the government no longer has the power to appoint senior gardaí to higher ranks.

4. #CSO: New figures published in the Independent suggest that only 7% of burglaries result in a conviction.

5. #SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: What Budget measures kick in from today? We tell you here.

6. #TRADE WITH TEHRAN: Farmers want the government to reopen the Irish embassy in Iran, which was closed in 2011.

7. #BABY HEARTS: Screening children for high cholesterol at the same time as they receive routine vaccinations could prevent hundreds of heart attacks in young adults.

8. #RESOLUTION: Are you making changes for 2017? Don’t be too hard on yourself, if you are.

9. #PR DISASTER: Ireland risked ruining relations with India in 1985 after trying to bill them for the post mortems of an Air India plane crash off the coast of Cork.