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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #PROTECTION: Hostages have been freed from a post office in a Paris suburb, with the hostage taker giving himself up. Meanwhile, police in Britain are stepping up security in Jewish communities following the attacks in Paris last week.

2. #COMMENTS: Sinn Féin TD Jonathan O’Brien says that he is not expecting an apology from a Labour backbencher after “ignorant and flippant” remarks made about O’Brien’s brother, who is homeless.

3. #INVESTIGATION: Gardaí are investigating an incident in which a six-year-old boy is thought to have been pricked with a syringe on a Dublin Bus.

4. #COSY: Last year was the hottest on record according to new data, Bloomberg reports

5. #WRAP UP: Met Eireann has issued a snow-ice warning for the country. Drivers are being warned to be wary of freezing fog this evening.

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    Mute Steve Wright
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    Jan 16th 2015, 4:56 PM

    Does anyone know what breed those puppies are?

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    Mute D is Illusioned
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    Jan 16th 2015, 5:00 PM

    Penguinies

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    Mute D is Illusioned
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    Jan 16th 2015, 5:01 PM

    Sorry thought you were joking and referring to the penguins.

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    Mute Ian Walsh
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    Jan 16th 2015, 5:03 PM

    I think they are finnish lapphunds

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    Jan 16th 2015, 5:05 PM

    Siberian Huskies.

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    Mute amelia oreilly
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    Jan 16th 2015, 7:24 PM

    Huskeys? They’re gorgeous whatever they are!

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    Mute Celticspirit321
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    Jan 16th 2015, 7:41 PM

    Alaskan malamute

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    Mute everlast mccarthy
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    Jan 16th 2015, 8:40 PM

    Huskies and they grow up to need 5k walks per day, shed a lot of hair and need secure fencing…

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    Mute Stephen Hanrahan
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    Jan 17th 2015, 6:09 PM

    Very secure fencing. Their like fluffy hudinis

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    Mute Fiona Naughton-Commins
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    Jan 16th 2015, 6:02 PM

    Think they are alaskan malamutes :-)

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    Mute Amelia O'Reilly
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    Jan 16th 2015, 9:43 PM

    Beautiful dogs! Anyone would love one!

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    Mute Pud
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    Jan 17th 2015, 6:10 AM

    Siberian Huskies I have 1 he’s a brat

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