LAST UPDATE | 16 Feb 2021

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #STARDUST FIRE: The government has been urged to solve a legal aid logjam that is delaying the start of the Stardust inquests.

2. #NPHET: At last night’s briefing, public health officials expressed concerns over workplace outreaks and student clusters as 821 new cases were confirmed.

3. #BACK TO WORK: Half of cancer patients feel a diagnosis negatively impacts their career according to a new study. 

4. #HSE: The number of people hospitalised with Covid-19 has fallen below 850.

5. #CABINET: Gardaí are to be given powers to seize scramblers and quad bikes on the spot.

6. #BPFI: The Banking and Payments Federation Ireland has said that capital requirements here are making lending and mortgages more expensive.

7. #THE COVID ARMS: UK police issued 70 fines after discovering revellers at an illegal nightclub in Birmingham. 

8. #MILITARY COUP: Myanmar’s military imposed a further internet shutdown as it seeks to quell an uprising over the coup. 

9. #WEATHER: Showers will affect much of the country this morning before dying out in the afternoon, with highest temperatures of 9 to 11 degrees.