EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the stories you need to know as you wake up.

1. #EGYPTAIR: A number of reports say that the EgyptAir flight which crashed claiming the lives of 66 people had smoke in the toilets shortly before going down.

2. #SLOW DOWN: A new scheme will see 350 new speed enforcement zones on Irish roads.

3. #LUAS: Luas drivers say they want a “fair slice” of Transdev as the industrial relations dispute becomes more and more rancorous.

4. #OUT OF ACTION: A number of Luas stops go out of service tonight.

5. #REBECCA FRENCH: A man who served four years for his role in the murder of Rebecca French has given an interview to today’s Irish Star. Patrick O’Connor asks for forgiveness for his role in the murder.

6. #BATACLAN: One of the suicide attackers who killed concert-goers at the Bataclan music venue in Paris last November has been buried.

7. #PRESIDENTIAL PLEA: President Michael D Higgins has hit out at the lack of reform of Ireland’s asylum system in an interview with the Irish Times.

8. #SEE CHANGE: May is Green Ribbon month and, as the discussion around mental health opens up, the organisers spoke to TheJournal.ie.

9. #WEATHER: It’s going to be fairly rainy today. And tomorrow. And basically every day ever (ok, maybe not ever).