EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know

1. #CLASS OF 2014: Thousands of students will receive their Leaving Certificate results later this morning. Here’s how they all got on.

2. #CAO POINTS: The Irish Independent reports that American firms in Ireland are calling for bonus points to be awarded for Leaving Cert science subjects.

3. #PAY DAY: Five ministerial advisers are in breach of the coalition’s own salary cap, new figures show.

4. #IRAQ: The UN is warning that as many as 30,000 people stranded on Sinjar Mountain are facing “potential genocide within days or hours”.

5. #SAVINGS: Parents are saving money for an average of eight years to put their children through college, according to a new survey. More than one fifth start saving almost as soon as their child is born

6. #RIP: Actress Lauren Bacall, an icon of Hollywood’s golden age, has died at her home aged 89.

7. #SACKED: A forklift driver, who was suspended five times for alcohol-related issues or aggressive behaviour won his case for unfair dismissal, according to reports in papers today, as his concerns on production issues went unaddressed by management.

8. #CHARITY BEGINS…: The former health minister James Reilly awarded €500,000 worth of Lotto funding to projects in his own constituency, The Irish Times reports. A spokesperson defended the move, saying he was addressing a “historic underfunding”.

9. #TREATMENT: A new Irish-funded study has suggested that aspirin could prevent the spread of breast cancer. RTÉ News explains that the study found it prevents the cancer from spreading to lymph nodes.